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Political analyst david gergan with me in new york. thank you for being here. let s talk about historically how critical this dinner is for democrats. why is it so important? well, for years jefferson jackson had been seen as sort of the father of the democratic party. that s no longer true. changing the name of the dinner because of their history with slavery. exactly, exactly, but special significance tonight, of course, because of eight years ago when barack obama totally surprised her. she showed up empty seats, you know, in her bleachers, he came in with a big crowd, gave a bang-up speech, real barn burner and it converted him into the winning candidate. she had not lost iowa that first time, she probably would have been president back in 2009. let s play some of that breakout moment of then-senator barack obama giving what is considered to be the breakout speech of his campaign talking about the democratic party. ....