DMW Conducts 1st New Hampshire Event
On Saturday, June 3, hundreds of New Hampshire democrats met at St. Anselm College near Manchester for the annual New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention. The dreary day did not dampen the spirits of the enthusiastic attendees, who were very excited to hear Governor Mark Warner speak at the lunch.
Two Draft Mark Warner volunteers stood at the DMW table, where there was a constant flow of people, most of whom seemed as excited about the prospect of Mark Warner running for president as us. We staffed the DMW table from 8 am until about 3 pm, running out of bumper stickers and pins. Senator Feingold’s table did not seem as successful.
We took a short break to hear Governor Warner speak at lunch, where we noticed many people wearing black t-shirts with red-white-and-blue pictures of Governor Warner on the front. These were volunteers from the Forward Together PAC. I was told that 46 Forward Together volunteers had flown up from Virginia. When we sat down in the cafeteria, each seat had a t-shirt – a gift from Forward Together to each of the several hundred in attendance.
Governor Warner was introduced by Governor Lynch of New Hampshire – another moderate Democratic Governor. Warner began by playing a video that we’re all familiar with now, before laying out his vision for the future of the Democratic Party – a vision with which we’re also familiar. But we were treated to more than a “stump speech.” Governor Warner jazzed it up with a unique criticism of President Bush, saying that his biggest problem with the President was the things the President had failed to do, rather than any one thing he had done. For example, Bush had failed to connect the dots between sound economic policy and foreign policy, instead borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Middle East. Governor Warner then noted that the entire yearly budget for research and development was equal to the amount of money we spend in Iraq in two weeks, bringing people to their feet when he noted that funding research and development requires a president who actually believes in science.
In the end, Governor Warner had certainly earned some fans, spending 30 minutes after the speech inundated by people who wanted a handshake, a picture, or a conversation. New Hampshire political events have always had a way of renewing my faith in the democratic process and in the Democratic Party – this one was no exception.
We will post photos of the event later this week.
Jon Dodson
jond@draftmarkwarner.com
Two Draft Mark Warner volunteers stood at the DMW table, where there was a constant flow of people, most of whom seemed as excited about the prospect of Mark Warner running for president as us. We staffed the DMW table from 8 am until about 3 pm, running out of bumper stickers and pins. Senator Feingold’s table did not seem as successful.
We took a short break to hear Governor Warner speak at lunch, where we noticed many people wearing black t-shirts with red-white-and-blue pictures of Governor Warner on the front. These were volunteers from the Forward Together PAC. I was told that 46 Forward Together volunteers had flown up from Virginia. When we sat down in the cafeteria, each seat had a t-shirt – a gift from Forward Together to each of the several hundred in attendance.
Governor Warner was introduced by Governor Lynch of New Hampshire – another moderate Democratic Governor. Warner began by playing a video that we’re all familiar with now, before laying out his vision for the future of the Democratic Party – a vision with which we’re also familiar. But we were treated to more than a “stump speech.” Governor Warner jazzed it up with a unique criticism of President Bush, saying that his biggest problem with the President was the things the President had failed to do, rather than any one thing he had done. For example, Bush had failed to connect the dots between sound economic policy and foreign policy, instead borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Middle East. Governor Warner then noted that the entire yearly budget for research and development was equal to the amount of money we spend in Iraq in two weeks, bringing people to their feet when he noted that funding research and development requires a president who actually believes in science.
In the end, Governor Warner had certainly earned some fans, spending 30 minutes after the speech inundated by people who wanted a handshake, a picture, or a conversation. New Hampshire political events have always had a way of renewing my faith in the democratic process and in the Democratic Party – this one was no exception.
We will post photos of the event later this week.
Jon Dodson
jond@draftmarkwarner.com
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