At yesterday's (8.12.08) fundraiser for John McCain at the Marriott in Teaneck NJ the it suddenly became dark, yet all around the hotel one could see clear skies.

As the protests continued, the cloud let loose with some mild rain and dissipated!

These folks were playing/practicing outside a Teaneck, NJ Marriot where John McCain was holding a fundraiser yesterday.

I hope they were well compensated for their services by the campaign.

It sounded great to me!!! (Though McCain remains a loser :-)

This is a press conference hosted by NJ Citizen Action in support of a national "Health Care for America Now" initiative.

Here's a nifty NYT story on the program! Elizabeth Edwards is a national spokeswoman for this splendid initiative!

Here's a partial list of the speakers...

Bruce Davidson, Executive Director, Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministries

Jeanne Oterson, Public Policy Director, Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE)

Dr Snehal Bhatt NJ Vice President, Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU  

Rex Reid, Political Representative, AFSCME Council 1

Jodi Godfrey, Chair of BlueWaveNJ Health Care Committee and Frustrated Health Care Consumer

Steven Goldstein speaking at the Campaign kickoff party for Loretta Weinberg, Gordon Johnson and Valerie-Vanieri Huttle 0n 3.22.07

It's all about Values, folks. Let's clean up NJ politics.

This is from the campaign kickoff party of the Loretta Weinberg, Gordon Johnson, Valerie Vanieri-Huttle Team.

Gordon is 100% right, this race will serve as a bellwether for the NJ and the nation. America is fed up with bossism at ALL levels and from ALL parties!

Jim Dean of Democracy for America spoke at the March 24th kickoff for Loretta Weinberg, Gordon Johnson and Valerie Vanieri-Huttle.

DFA rarely endorses in a primary; so this is indeed a special occasion!

After a joyful, humorous and astute introduction Valerie goes on to talk about her dedication to restoring a sense of integrity and credibility to politics...which is supposed to be, after all, a public service; not "self service".

It has come to our attention that there are those who have questioned the existence of a "real" campaign manager for Loretta Weinberg's "Real Democrats".

Heeeeerrrrrrrrrres BRENDA!!!!

Loretta Weinberg gives a gracious and inspiring speech at the kickoff event of her campaign on the "REAL DEMOCRATS" line.

The stakes are high. Re-electing Loretta and her team will show that the voters of the 37th District are too smart to be bamboozled by the machine pols who are trying to sneak into office.

At last night's first ever 37th LD District Clean Elections Debate there was a very telling moment of levity. Enjoy!!!

If you wish to see the whole video it runs nearly two hours at blip.tv