Barack Obama, Jon Corzine, and me! (3 rows away!!)

Tip Jar for Corzine! (4.00 / 7)

I was SOOOO happy I could be at this event, and ecstatic that I was in the third row!  Hope it looked as awesome on TV!

"Give me a lever long enough... and I shall move the world." - Archimedes

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by: mconvente @ Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 03:09:50 AM UTC

Glad you were (4.00 / 1)

able to get so close and had so much fun.  Great pictures by you and the campaign photographer is awesome too.  I have some pics and some video and will work on getting up, but they were slow loading at the venue. Thanks for posting the diary.

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by: Jason Springer @ Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 03:23:16 AM UTC

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Awesome (0.00 / 0)

Looking forward to some of your video and photos, along with other Blue Jersey members at the rally as well!

"Give me a lever long enough... and I shall move the world." - Archimedes

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by: mconvente @ Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 03:24:22 AM UTC

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So that's what mconvente looks like ... (4.00 / 3)

Really enjoyed both sets of pictures. You saw way more than we did, squirreled away behind the press risers full of tv cameras. But we were sitting down, had blessedly fast internet, and power.  Heads down, facing laptop screens, but it was still great to be there, listening to that roaring crowd.

Thanks again for this diary.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

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by: Rosi Efthim @ Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 05:01:19 AM UTC

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OY! (4.00 / 1)

At the Asbury Park Press: All Negative/All The Time:

Most at Corzine rally came to see Obama

http://tinyurl.com/lnj3kj

Obama NJ speech uninspired

http://tinyurl.com/ljq69o

Jon who? I'm here to see the president

http://tinyurl.com/mw9yds

Some gather to protest at rally

http://tinyurl.com/mxz93l

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

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by: Jersey Shore John @ Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 14:39:46 PM UTC

Yeah, (0.00 / 0)

they were sitting right in front of us in the press section.

Coverage isn't a surprise ...

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

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by: Rosi Efthim @ Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 15:08:01 PM UTC

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Here's Your Embed.... (0.00 / 0)

You just change the "scriptaccess" from always to never in two places........that's about the only HTML I can remember off the top of my head,  LOL

I was there too, a wee bit to your right, behind you at center stage in row L.  (A last minute miracle to get the ticket.)

It's funny about the APP, when I saw one of their reporters I broached the question with them that the Pinkett rumor they ran with was a plant from the Christie campaign to make Corzine look bad......they assured me that the reporter who broke the "story" had a reliable source.    

(btw  I still think Pinkett (as wonderful as he may be as a person) is too young/inexperienced to start out a "heartbeat away" from the governorship......but that's another diary.)

The energy at the rally was fantastic, the DJ deserves kudos for keeping the vibe up beat during the long wait.  

It was so so so wonderful to see so many Democrats in one place!   We need to find a way to get them all to become progressive activists!!!   :-)

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by: Nick Lento @ Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 16:57:11 PM UTC