Club news at its best

Kudos to the William Lehman Northeast Dade ... oh, heck, the Democratic Club with a real long name deserves praise for a fine spread in Sunday's Miami Herald reporting that it was meeting again for the first time in five months.

And thanks to the fine Democratic leaders in Miami-Dade County who graced that meeting. This blog has heard mentioned state Rep. Dan Gelber, who's running for the state senate; Richard Steinberg, the Miami Beach city commissioner who's running to replace Gelber in the state house; Joe Geller, North Bay Village mayor and also running for Gelber's seat; Gwen Margolis, who's retiring as state senator and endorsing Gelber to replace her; and Joe Garcia, chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party. Not to be left out is Ginger Grossman, who has been active now in the Democratic Party for 67 years (not a typo: sixty-seven years), and is president of ... here's the full name, as reported by the Herald, the William Lehman Northeast Dade Involved Democratic Club.

Joe Garcia said over 100 people attended the meeting. Now, that's a whale of a turnout. Does the length of the club's name correspond to turnout? Something to be probed by our outreach organizers.

UPDATE: Over at the Florida Politics blog, folks are already wondering about Dan Gelber's next step: could he run against the reeling U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez in 2010? Stay tuned. And if that link doesn't work, try this one to the Orlando Sentinel.