| Last night, the Moorestown Democratic Club and the Burlington County Dems held a presidential forum in a community house in that gorgeous South Jersey town. Three speakers from each campaign talked last night: possible congressional candidate Amy Vazquez for Clinton, a Navy veteran (whose name escapes me) for Obama, and yours truly for Edwards. The atmosphere during the talks was electric, and the q and a session afterward allowed a chance for audience members to contribute and interact with the surrogates.
Though there was supposed to be a caucus and caucus count last night, there was no official tally given; there were some conspiracy theories going around about why this happened, but I'm not going to speculate. Anyway, Obama was clearly the winner. For a crowd of about 100 to 125, my estimate of the results is:
1). Obama (60%)
2). Clinton (25%) and
3). Edwards (15%)
Last night was a good night for several reason. Democrats were able to galvanize and get excited before the 5 Feb primary, several of us Blue Jersey bloggers got to meet (njdem and SJBrian were also there), and we got a preview of a possible congressional candidate and the local BurlCo races that we Dems can win in 2008. I hope I made a good case for supporting Edwards, too. |
