passover maybe bringing uplifting stories of people who face real challenges and who turn things around, well, maybe that would be refreshing. some of the greatest and most important stories have nothing to do with washington or wall street. they aren t even about politics, they re about the stories of people just like you who decided that giving up or giving in wasn t an option. we re reminded that there are some truly courageous and unselfish people in the world. they sometimes stand up for their rights, sometimes they stand up for others, they give of themselves, not because they re paid to, but because they have something money can t buy, character. want to turn america around and get us back on our feet, it s not action taken by the politicians but it s when the character of our citizens is much like the people that you ve met tonight. you don t have to be on the front pages of the papers to be a hero, you might be a hero to someone in your family, your neighborhood or your commun
passover maybe bringing uplifting stories of people who face real challenges and who turn things around, well, maybe that would be refreshing. some of the greatest and most important stories have nothing to do with washington or wall street. they aren t even about politics, they re about the stories of people just like you who decided that giving up or giving in wasn t an option. we re reminded that there are some truly courageous and unselfish people in the world. they sometimes stand up for their rights, sometimes they stand up for others, they give of themselves, not because they re paid to, but because they have something money can t buy, character. want to turn america around and get us back on our feet, it s not action taken by the politicians but it s when the character of our citizens is much like the people that you ve met tonight. you don t have to be on the front pages of the papers to be a hero, you might be a hero to someone in your family, your neighborhood or your commun
are they trying to get away from obama? absolutely not, juan. as you said, when i was the irthat of the democratic congressional campaign committee back in 2008 and 2010, what we advised members, especially those in the toughest elections was to spend time in their districts talking to their constituents. you are not going to find your constituents in charlotte, north carolina and so you should be spending your time back home. this has nothing to do with not going to the convention to send a message to the president, nothing of the sort. this has to do with maximizing the time you spend connecting with your constituents. chris, i just can t buy, come on. wait a second. you mean this has nothing to do with claire mccaskill the senator from missouri wanting to distance herself from the democratic brand and democratic president? sn now that democratic ticket is going to be led by that democratic president and you are telling me somehow it s in her best political interest not to be ass
forge compromise. astounding thing here. i m thinking of the hustler and those two guys, jackie gleason against paul newman, i m thinking of hustling and how good he is, john heilemann. and i m not knocking a hustler, because a lot of politics is hustle. you find ways to bring people in the tent, and this guy knows how to do it. i don t mean hustle as a street corner bad thing. it s so hard to get people in the tent, and this guy seems to have that ability that mitt romney won t have in a million years, to make himself interesting. mitt romney will never be interesting, and this guy s more interesting walking away from it than running for it. he s got a quality in politics, chris, that you can t learn and you can t buy, which is both to be, as you say, interesting, and also to feel authentic and real. and we talk about authenticity all the time in this business, but, you know, everyone who looks at this guy, even people who don t like him, look at him and feel like he s talking fro
divided government could work, maybe, you know, leading in a very bold and direct way could forge compromise. astounding thing here. i m thinking of the hustler and those two guys, jackie gleason against paul newman, i m thinking of hustling and how good he is, john heilemann. and i m not knocking a hustler, because a lot of politics is hustle. you find ways to bring people in the tent, and this guy knows how to do it. i don t mean hustle as a street corner bad thing. it s so hard to get people in the tent, and this guy seems to have that ability that mitt romney won t have in a million years, to make himself interesting. mitt romney will never be interesting, and this guy s more interesting walking away from it than running for it. he s got a quality in politics, chris, that you can t learn and you can t buy, which is both to be, as you say, interesting, and also to feel authentic and real. and we talk about authenticity all the time in this business, but, you know, everyone who l