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Long time, but this president ial campaign i say that in a loving way, by the way. I love being with you. Charles this president ial campaign is getting very interesting, and now the notion that joe biden jumps in, i swear if youd have told me 24, 48 hours ago, i would have laughed, now i think hes got a shot on the democratic side. Well, right now no one has a shot other than Hillary Clinton. Shes in, hes leading substantially in all of the races whether people want to talk about how much shes lost over the course of the last several months, but this woman is formidable, her campaign is formidable. And you can make the argument even though shes getting hammered with every day, it seems, with a new scandal and a new interpretation of a socalled scandal, she continues to withstand blow after blow after blow which i think most people who have supported her would say, you know, thats great evidence that shes a strong, strong candidate. Charles you can argue then that shes got core support
Seat as soon as possible. I want to get things started on this lovely morning here at the six conference. Lets give a round of applause for six because im so happy to be here. So happy to see you all here and remind me of my time the very first six conference at the rate that this organization is grown and our growth is due only to you and your participation. Your commitment to the movement and commitment to moving a progressive ideas and your commitment to a progressive vision. To give yourself a round of applause. We all know that after last years election, a lot of people were left wondering which way to go. A lot of us didnt know which way was up. A lot of us felt that everything had been lost. And a lot of people wrote off the Progressive Movement. A lot of people thought there was no way we could ever come back. If you look around this country and see some of these special state legislative elections. People are on our side and the people are on our side because the ideas are on
If youre awake clap three times. Surprising. Want to get everybody to get a seat as soon as possible. Want to get things starred on this lovely morning here at the Fourth Annual conference. Look for a round of applause for six. So happy to see you all here. And reminded of my time the very first six conference and the at the rate this organization has grown. Our growth is due only to you and your pregnancy. Your commitment to the movement, to moving a progressive agenda, your commitment to progressive ideas and commitment to progressive vision. So give yourselves a round of applause. We all know that after last years election, a lot of people were left wondering which way to go. A lot of us didnt know which way was up. A lot of us felt that everything had been lost. And a lot of people wrote off the Progressive Movement. A lot of people thought there was no way we could come back. If you look around this country and see some of the special state legislative elections people are on our
Good morning. I want everybody to get acs soon as possible and get started here up to six conference, the Fourth Annual six conference. Of applause. Round i am so happy to be here. So happy to see you all here. , theeminded of my time conference, and to see the rate that this organization has grown. Our growth is only due to u. N. Your commitment to moving the to you and your commitment to moving the progressive agenda. Give yourself a round of applause. Ater last years election, lot of people wrote off the progressives, that there was no way we could come back. If you look around the country and you see the state special elections, the people are on our side. Again, the ideas are on our side. The energy is with us. If we keep this moving, going forward, we will see a progressive resurgence like never before. [applause] as a former legislator has participated in every conference and a member of the six step, it is amazing to see the support growth from 13 to 30 staff members. People wo