More than a thousand people gathered to hear Democratic candidates for the state legislature, three area members of Congress, congressional candidate John Hall, and Bill Clinton. I wanted to live blog the event but couldn't get online.
The event began appropriately with State Senate Candidate Andrea Stewart-Cousins who lost a close race 2 years ago by 18 votes talking about the importance of getting out the vote: "You know who I am - I am the reason that you have to remind everyone you know to vote," she said. "Get on the phone, you matter! Knock on doors, you matter! Tell you neighbors they matter." Despite disenfranchisement and vote suppression efforts, she said, "We're going to vote in numbers that they never could believe could happen. We're going to let the nation know that Democrats are awake."
Quotable Bill after the jump!
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