That they, too, can succeed in spite of it all. They, too, can overcome if they believe in themselves, believe in almighty god, whatever you want to call god. And if you have audacity, develop the courage and strong feeling about yourself. And is [inaudible] in here . Come up here a minute. I want to use this as an example of my legacy. I met Jenelle Spencer in 2004 at my Victory Party in ward 8. And after i started talking to her, i found out that she had not had a high school stand there High School Diploma or ged. Had four boys, raising them by herself, and she had refused to go on welfare. She worked two and three jobs, and i got her into Public Housing because she was paying 1,000 which was 60 some percent of her income, and she went to school, got her High School Diploma, got a certificate of nurses aide about four or five months ago. She passed the licensed Practical Nurse exam [applause] and shes going to enter udc school of nursing in august to get her rn with a fouryear bache
Think shes been a great leader. She is really good at raising money, thats not one of my fortes. I was never good at that. They have to start training younger people and bring it younger people into the caucus. They need to become the future leaders. One of the things that i believe then with all my heart and soul is you have to know when to leave. Nancy does not feel was the time to leave. Stay forght she might this coming year. She could turn the reins over to somebody else. Is anybody around, ready to replace her . Its a hard job. I give her a lot of credit for what she has been able to do. I think its time that the leaders start looking at who is going to fill my spot . We are all replaceable. Younger people need to take our spots with fresh ideas and new ways of doing things. I see nothing wrong with that. Thats progression. Thats a normal progression. You can watch the full interview and are conversation with tom petri at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Iran over theith Nuclear Program wi