[applause] thank you very much. Thank you. My name is joe biden. I am jills husband. [laughter] jill and i want to thank you for the wonderful welcome. We are both here for a simple reason, and i mean this sincerely, to say thank you. So many of you in this audience have been my friends for such a long time. I was a 29yearold kid. The first speech i ever made on the senate floor, i stood between tom mcintyres desk and another desk its a long story, but anyway, i go back a long time and its great pleasure to get to know so many people. We know, finally youve earned the title granite state. You have four women running the show. [applause] thank god for small favors. All right. The amazing thing is i campaigned for all of them and they won in spite of it. I would also like to echo what joe said. Its so nice to be back here again among old friends that weve known for such a long time. I want to thank everybody for supporting us through our administration, through our tough time with bo, an
Having problems with that and making those kinds of donations. Here is the answer i think an organization like this frankly our educational system needs to begin to talk to the American People about their duties as citizens and their responsibilities as citizens. If we can get into the societys that every citizen has a duty to be jimmy to the political process, there may be summit like that could work. We dont have that system today. We dont have that culture. To the contrary, people are disenchanted with politics. Theyre frustrated with politics. Many people come with a dont want anything to do with politics or politicians. They hate politicians, they hate the democracy which i think its a disturbing problem here in the country today. Why do you think that is so . 9 why do i think that is so . I believe it is so because of the 20th century we altered the country. A countrye live in governed by the declaration of independence and the notion of people having rights that are given from g
Where it falls. Up someone on the other side, the republican side. He will back up hillary. I like his reverence for the truth, i guess. You planning to see more candidates over the weekend . I will not be seeing any more this weekend. I would like to if i had more time, but i took the morning off today. Talking to us,r crossing the border to see senator sanders. Thank you. Meet randy schroeder. You came because you are already supporting senator sanders . Supporting senator sanders. Supporter of big our programs. They are federally funded programs for low income students. Upward bound is one of them. I happen to work for student services. Upward bound as collegebound, so it is giving students access and opportunities to go on to higher education. You are a New Hampshire longtime resident or native . Yes, i am a yankee. Why do you think his message is resonating. Why is he so far ahead in the polls . Bein treo, we need to nonpartisan. We get support from republicans and democrats. Sena
[applause] [chanting] and are we united to deliver New Hampshire to the democratic nominee for president in november . [applause] thank you, each and everyone of you, for coming here tonight. Thank you for what you do every day. Thank you for all that you are going to do in the coming months. From the bottom of my heart, i want to thank you. Thank you. Now, those of you who are not familiar, manchester is the home of many amazing things. But one of the most amazing inventions is velcro. Ow, i am familiar with velcro, as were my eight predecessors. When you are a party chair at every level, you are velcro. Your job is to take the hit must stand up there and be strong, and represent the party in the very best. 20 years ago, i think, we came back from this big conference where there were up and coming leaders. I picked her up in florida. I said, oh my god, you are not going to believe who i met. You are going to love her. She met then state representative Debbie Wasserman schultz. On to s