More From the Meeting
The meeting started with brief introductions from everyone in the room—name and a quick sentence about themselves basically. Then Rick Melita, part of the field staff (and the guy whose dog, scooch, didn’t make the cut in the commercial) gave a cursory overview of the field campaign and the kind of things we hope to accomplish over the next two months. Yes, two months, it’s that close.
Video: Rick Melita addresses the crowd
Then Ned entered the room to thunderous applause. It caught me off-guard and I wasn’t able to get the camera out in time, so I only caught the tail end of the reaction. Good news is I caught Ned addressing the crowd for a few minutes, thanking all of you for your support thus far and a few other tidbits.
Video: Ned addresses the crowd (part 1)
Ned continued by complimenting everyone in the room and the way people in Connecticut identify our supporters as polite, friendly, prompt, and how you just conduct yourself as tremendous representatives of the effort. Indeed, you are the face of the campaign.
Video: Ned addresses the crowd (part 2)
We talked a bit more about the field program, delved into the online piece of things for a bit, and conlcuded with media, fundraising, and scheduling. After that, the room was broken up into congressional districts for meetings with the coordinators from those areas to discuss some strategy and upcoming events.
Photo: CD-2—Katie leads the discussion
Photo: CD-3—Eddie leads the discussion
Photo: Ned With David Pudland, former speaker of the CT General Assembly
- by Tim Tagaris | 06/03/06 13:33:00