2004 Presidential Election and Beyond: The Giuliani Years (GAME THREAD)

[NewYorkExpress]

The Clinton, campaign expresses the minimalist sympathy possible for Vice-President Cheney and family, and implores him to step down as Vice-President, so that the stress of the job does not kill him.

[NewYorkExpress]

Hillary Clinton Surrogate Schedule C

Governor Tom Vilsack

February 25, 2004

GOTV in Porter, Minnesota

GOTV in Clarkfield, Minnesota

GOTV in Granite Falls, Minnesota

Speech in Montevideo, Minnesota (With Municipal Intendant (Mayor) of Montevideo, Uruguay, Mariano Arana,)

The Sister Cites International Program, Started under Dwight Eisenhower, has been a boon for American Cities and for Cities across the world, providing cultural enhancement, knowledge of other places that Americans just wouldn't get otherwise, and giving knowledge of parts of America that citizens of the rest of the world would not get otherwise. This municipality, is twinned with the Capital of Uraguay, Montevideo in a partnership that wil. Senator Clinton, if elected President will push for Federal Grants to Sister Cities International, and will push for all localities with 10,000 or more inhabitants to reach a "twinning" agreement, either within the United States or outside the country. Now since I understand Intendent Arana is here to celebrate your being named a finalist for the All-American City award by the National Civic League, so I will not get in your way any further.

February 26, 2004

GOTV in Clara City, Minnesota

GOTV in Cyrus, Minnesota

GOTV in Westport, Minnesota

GOTV in Glenwood, Minnesota

GOTV in Starbuck, Minnesota

GOTV in Brooten, Minnesota

February 27, 2004

GOTV in Meire Grove, Minnesota

GOTV in Greenwald, Minnesota

Meet Voters in Apple River, Illinois

Meet Voters in Stockton, Illinois

February 28, 2004

Speech in Savannah, Illinois

One of NASA's former Space Shuttle pilots, Dale Gardner, grew up here. Like so many Space Shuttle pilots in the 1980's he became upset with the tediousness of going to projects such as the Mir space station, and the International Space Station. He watched in horror during the disasters that befell the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and he wondered why our Space Program couldn't be as great as it once was, when John F. Kennedy said that we get to the moon by 1970, and we made it there. With Senator Clinton, we will return our Space Program to its former glory. We fix the problems plaguing our space shuttles. We will return to the Moon, and we will make our way to Mars, the new challenge for a new Century and Millennium! 

Meet Voters in Lanark, Illinois

Meet Voters in Chadwick, Illinois

February 29, 2004

Fundraiser at Timber Lake Playhouse, Mount Carroll, Illinois (For Barack Obama, Daniel Hynes, Inez Tannenbaum, Tom Daschle, Betty Castor and Peter Deutsch) (Performing Beauty and the Beast; Special Hybrid Edtion)

(Casting for Beauty and the Beast; Babette; Patti LaBelle. Monsiuer D'Arque; Jeremy Irons. The Bimbettes; Britney Spears, Anika Noni Rose and Tia Carrrere.  Wardrobe (Madam Grande La Bouche) Madonna. Lefou; Howie Mandel. Maurice; Sylvester Stallone.  Chip; Scott Irby-Ranniar
Mrs Potts; Angela Lansbury. Cogsworth; Neil Patrick Harris. Lumiere; Michael Gambon. Gaston; Pierce Brosnan. Beast; Brad Pitt. Belle; Celine Dion; Narrator; Tom Vilsack)

March 1, 2004

Rest, Dubuque, Iowa

March 2, 2004

Election Night Rally at the Schwan Super Rink. National Sports Center, Blaine Minnesota (Without Hillary Clinton)

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OOC: That beauty and the beast cast list is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. But realistically, no way could you get all of those people to put on Beauty and the Beast for a political fundraiser.

OOC; I admit, probably not...

[NewYorkExpress]

OOC: I immediately thought of Powell too. As Bush isn't running for reelection, the post is basically a temp job.


It would be so interesting, though, if Bush nominated George Allen or Rudy Giuliani.............

OOC; I suspect the GOP Leader in delegates after Super Tuesday will at least be on the shortlist.

[NewYorkExpress]

Hillary Surrogate Schedule D

Senator Debbie Stabenow

February 25, 2004

Meet Voters in Elgin, Ohio

Speech in Van Wert, Ohio

Michigan, whose Primary Senator Clinton won, and Ohio which is one the states voting on March 2, are very similar states. Each have strong union populations, each have been politically divided for years, and has a long suffering sports history, between Cleveland Sports teams, which have won a Professional Title since the Browns of old won in 1964, and the Detroit Lions, which despite winning four titles in the early days of the NFL, have not won it all since 1957, and along with the Browns are the eldest team to not play in a Super Bowl. Sometimes I wonder, if all our states have to separate us is our preferences in College Athletics, be it the Michigan Wolverines, the Michigan State Spartans, The Nittany Lions of Penn State, The Ohio Bobcats, The Cincinnati Bearcats, and of course The Ohio State Buckeyes. Each of these teams has had strong success in the past, and make our states who we are. And just like a rivalry in sports, no matter how bitter things get within the Democratic Party, at the end of the day, we respect one another for the roles they play.

GOTV in Delphos, Ohio

GOTV in Elida, Ohio

February 26, 2004

Sell "Detroit Designed" Automobiles at Festival of Wheels Winter Car Show, Bluffton, Ohio (Fundraising for Hillary Clinton, Chris John, John Neely Kennedy, Chris Dodd, Blanche Lincoln, Bart Stupak, Mike Huckleberry, Sharon Marie Reiner, Phillip Truran, Greg Harris, L. Jane Mitikades, Ben Konop, Robin Weirauch, Edward Brown, Sherrod Brown, Capri Cafaro, Mark Brown, Jeff Seeman, Brian Thomas, Jane Campbell (Cleveland Mayor 2005) and Michael Coleman (Ohio Governor. 2006/Columbus Mayor, 2007))

GOTV in Mount Blanchard, Ohio

GOTV in Arlington, Ohio

GOTV in Vanlue, Ohio

February 27, 2004

GOTV in Lepisic, Ohio

GOTV in Pandora, Ohio

GOTV in Gilboa, Ohio

GOTV in Belmore, Ohio

GOTV in Ottawa, Ohio

February, 28, 2004

GOTV in DuPont, Ohio

GOTV in McComb, Ohio

GOTV in Van Buren, Ohio

Speech in Fostoria, Ohio

It's been a long hard slog since the 1970's for most of this region, and the Clinton Campaign is sorry to say that it's unlikely that your prior jobs will return, as the world becomes more and more automated. But what we can say is that we will spare no effort to make you able to become a functioning worker in the hyper-technology era, a person who can go from an assembly line to repairing microchips in a computer, and we will spare no expense to be able to build Ohio from solely manufacturing, to a mixture of industries.

February 29, 2004

GOTV in Grand Rapids, Ohio

GOTV in Cygnet, Ohio

GOTV in Risingsun, Ohio

GOTV in Rossford, Ohio

GOTV in Lyons, Ohio

March 1, 2004

GOTV in Wauseon, Ohio

GOTV in Archbold, Ohio

GOTV in Swanton, Ohio

GOTV in Holland, Ohio

March 2, 2004

GOTV in Toledo, Ohio

Election Night Rally at Third Fifth Field, Toledo, Ohio (With Sander Levin and Anthony Lake)

[NewYorkExpress]

We're painfully aware of our mortality on this earth as Vice-President Cheney's situation has reminded us. We wish President Bush luck in searching for a Vice-President, and wish to remind him that Senator Clinton is running for President and has no desire to give it up to be Vice-President for such a short time.

[NewYorkExpress]

Clinton Surrogate Schedule E

Washington Attorney General Christine Gregiore

February 25, 26, 27, 28

Run for Governor of Washington

February 29, 2004

GOTV in Montague, California

GOTV in Dunsmuir, California

GOTV in Dorris, California

GOTV in Macdoel, California

March 1, 2004

Meet Voters in Lovell, Wyoming

Meet Voters in Burlington, Wyoming

Meet Voters in Moose Creek, Alaska

March 2, 2004

Meet Voters in North Pole, Alaska

Meet Voters in Wasilla, Alaska

Meet Voters in Houston, Alaska


Surrogate Schedule F

House Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi

February 25, 26, 27

Be House Minority Whip


February 28

GOTV, Nob Hill, San Francisco, California (With Gavin Newsom)

GOTV, Mission Bay, San Francisco, California (With Gavin Newsom)

GOTV, The Castro, San Francisco, California (With Gavin Newsom)

GOTV, Sunnyside, San Francisco, California (With Gavin Newsom)

February 29, 2004

GOTV, Chinatown, LA, California (With Antonio Villiaraigosa)

GOTV, Little Tokyo, LA, California (With Antonio Villaraigosa)

GOTV, Watts, LA, California, (With Antonio Villaraigosa, David Dinkins and John Conyers)

GOTV, Tarzana, LA, California (With Antonio Villiaraigosa)

GOTV, Koreatown, LA, California (With Antonio Villiaraigosa and Eleanor Holmes Norton)

March 1, 2004

GOTV in La Jolla, San Diego California (With Eliot Spitzer and Douglas Wilder)

GOTV in Point Loma, San Diego, California (With Douglas Wilder)

GOTV in El Cerrito, San Diego California (With Antonio Villaraigosa)

GOTV in Burlingame, San Diego, California (With Anthony Lake)

March 2, 2004

GOTV in Oaksterdam, Oakland

GOTV in the Jack London District, Oakland, California

GOTV in Chinatown, Oakland, California

Election Night Rally at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California

[NewYorkExpress]

Schedule for Bill Clinton

Speech at Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia

Representative Kucnich is correct in that its not our job to be the policeman of the world, but when calamity occurs, and other countries are unable or unwilling to act, like in Kuwait, Rwanda or Kosovo, they don't turn the U.N for protection or police power, they don't turn to neighboring countries, be it Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey, Uganda, South Africa or Kenya, they turn to us, not because they want us to step in, or because we, with our isolationist roots dating back to founding of our Republic, particularly desire to enter a foreign entanglement, but because we have the strongest military in the world, without compulsory service, and we can clean up whatever mess is ocurring. 

Speech at Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Site, Atlanta Georgia (With John Conyers and Douglas Wilder)

In the over thirty-five years since Dr. Kings unfortunate and untimely demise, we have seen great change for those all stripes who have disenfranchised. We have seen an African American, Douglas Wilder be elected to the Governorship of a state of the old Confederacy, Virginia, we have seen women be appointed to the Supreme Court in Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we have seen a second African American join the Supreme Court in Clarence Thomas, and we have seen cabinet and high ranking executive officials, with backgrounds ranging from Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo West. We've had strong female candidates for some of the highest offices in the land, with Geraldine Ferraro as the Vice-Presidential Nominee, in 1984, Tonie Nathan, the 1972 Libertarian Nominee who became the first female candidate to earn an electoral vote, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, whose runs in 1984 and 1988 are the closest any African American candidate has gotten to the White House, Senator Clinton, and down the road Barack Obama, who despite not even having won his Senate primary yet, I've heard rumors, that he's future Presidential timber. The State of Minorities in America is improving, but we have a long way to go before we reach the mountaintop. 

Plant Azaleas for Valdosta Azalea Festival, Valdosta, Georgia (Festival is until end of March)


February 26, 2004

GOTV in Bolton, Vermont (With Jim Jeffords)

Speech at Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, Vermont (With Jim Jeffords)

I know the polls show Representative Kucinich with a commanding lead here, but let's make one thing clear. No stone can or will be left undone in our campaign or by our party.

GOTV in Benson, Vermont

GOTV in Montpelier, Vermont

February 27, 2004

GOTV in Holyoke, Massachusetts (With Caroline Kennedy)

GOTV in Amherst, Massachusetts (With Caroline Kennedy)

GOTV in Newton, Massachusetts (With Caroline Kennedy)

GOTV in Cambridge Massachusetts

GOTV in Lowell, Massachusetts

February 28, 2004

GOTV in Lynn, Massachusetts (With Caroline Kennedy)

GOTV in Quincy, Massachusetts (With Caroline Kennedy)

GOTV in Taunton, Massachusetts

GOTV in Brockton, Massachusetts

GOTV in Barnstable, Massachusetts (With Caroline Kennedy)

February, 29, 2004

Rally at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts (With Bill Buckner, Caroline Kennedy, Carlton Fisk, Luis Tiant, Pedro Martinez and Grady Little)

Just as there appears to be a curse on the Boston Red Sox, there appears a jinx as to why no woman or minority wins high office anywhere. It's almost inexplicable, for example that Margret Thatcher remains the only woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, or that there has never been a major party female or minority nominee in this country. The world has people who are qualified, it's time for them to step to plate, and win.

GOTV in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (With Lincoln Chafee)

GOTV in Providence, Rhode Island (With Lincoln Chafee)

GOTV, University of Connecticut, Storrs Connecticut (With Chris Dodd)

GOTV in Bristol, Connecticut

March 1, 2004

GOTV in Hartford Connecticut (With Chris Dodd)

GOTV in Baltimore, Maryland

GOTV in Cleveland, Ohio

March 2, 2004

GOTV, Yale University, New Haven Connecticut

Election Night Rally Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

[NewYorkExpress]

Schedule for Hillary Clinton

February 25, 2004
GOTV in San Francisco, California

GOTV in Sacramento, California

GOTV in LA , California

February 26, 2004

GOTV in Minneapolis, Minnesota (With David Obey and Rick Nolan)

GOTV in Duluth, Minnesota (With David Obey and Rick Nolan)

February 27, 2004

GOTV in Toledo, Ohio

GOTV in Columbus, Ohio

GOTV, Cleveland, Ohio

February 28, 29
Be Senator

March 1, 2004
GOTV, Albany, New York

GOTV, Buffalo, New York

March 2, 2004

Election night rally Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, New York

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March 3, 2004 12:25 AM

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

First off, a big congratulations to Senator Edwards on his victories in Ohio and Georgia, to Senator Biden on his wins in Maryland and Massachusetts, and we bid a fond farewell to Representative Kucinich, who won Vermont last night, and has exceed everyone's wildest dreams. Other than Ohio, we have won all of the big states. Michigan, New York, California all are in our column, and if all goes according to plan on the ninth, so too will Florida and Texas. This nomination is ours for the taking, and we will take it.

Finally, I'd just like to add a bit of congratulations to my fellow New Yorker, Rudy Giuliani, who on this day became the presumptive Republican nominee. I look forward to making the Presidential race an all New-York affair, just like in 1944. 

[NewYorkExpress]

New Clinton Endorsements

Former Senator Carol Moseley Braun


Congressman Rahm Emanuel


Former Chief of Staff Leon Panetta


Former Congressman Lee Hamilton


Former Congressman Timothy Roemer


Governor Kathleen Blanco


New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin


Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu


Former Governor Mark White


Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk


Governor Mike Easley


Former Governor Jim Hunt

[NewYorkExpress]

New Clinton Endorsements

Former Senator Carol Moseley Braun


Congressman Rahm Emanuel


Former Chief of Staff Leon Panetta


Former Congressman Lee Hamilton


Former Congressman Timothy Roemer


Governor Kathleen Blanco


New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin


Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu


Former Governor Mark White


Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk


Governor Mike Easley


Former Governor Jim Hunt

Isn't this a bit much?

I just asked for them... NHI approved them, direct your fire at him.

[NewYorkExpress]

Surrogate Schedules-Hillary Clinton

Governor Kathleen Blanco

March 3,4,7

Be Governor of Louisiana

March 5, 2004

GOTV in Oil City, Louisiana

GOTV in Blanchard, Louisiana

GOTV in Mooringsport, Louisiana

GOTV in Belcher, Louisiana

GOTV in Hosston, Louisiana

GOTV in Greenwood, Louisiana

March 6, 2004

Rally at Louisiana Redbud Festival, Vivian, Louisiana (With Mitch Landrieu)

You see those redbuds out there? The Redbuds we're celebrating today? Well, I hate to be bearer of bad news, but under a Giuliani administration, and a Republican Congress, those Redbuds, won't exist! Republicans want to trample on our environment, removing regulations that require businesses to clean up up themselves, and pushing off maintenance of federal land  on states that have neither the manpower nor the budget room, to do these things. Tell Republicans we want to keep places like Denali National Park, and Bayous here in Louisiana clean for generations to come. Elect a Democrat to the White House. Elect Hillary Clinton.

GOTV in Rodessa, Louisiana

GOTV in Stonewall, Louisiana

GOTV in Mansfield Louisiana

GOTV in Logansport, Louisiana

GOTV in Keachi

March 8, 2004

GOTV in Zwolle, Louisiana

GOTV in Many, Louisiana

GOTV in Converse, Louisiana

GOTV in Leesville , Louisiana

GOTV in Hornbeck, Louisiana

GOTV in Rosepine, Louisiana

March 9, 2004

GOTV in DeRidder Louisiana

GOTV in Merryville, Louisiana

GOTV in DeQuincy, Louisiana

Election Night Rally at Cowboy Stadium, in Lake Charles, Louisiana(With Mitch Landrieu)


Senator Mary Landrieu
March 4-7
Be Senator Washington D.C

March 8, 2004
GOTV, French Quarter, New Orleans

GOTV, Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans

GOTV Fontainbleau, New Orleans

GOTV, Gentilly, New Orleans

March 9, 2004

GOTV, Spanish Town, Baton Rouge Louisiana

GOTV, Brownfields, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

GOTV, LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Election Night Rally at the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Louisiana.

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John F. Kennedy Library and Museum


First off let me say that Bill made it through surgery just fine, and is currently resting at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. But that is not why I'm here. I'm here because I've seen the past couple of states split down the middle, and I, like so many of my colleagues don't want a brokered convention. With that in mind I look at the remaining field, and I see two candidates, that though imperfect, can defeat Rudy Giuliani and Gary Johnson in November, can keep our party together and can bring us victories in Congress as well. I feel bitter about having to choose, but choose I must. Therefore I endorse Senator John Edwards for President He's ahead in delegates, and he needs our support now! Senator Biden's run a magnificent race, but it's time for him to step aside.

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BREAKING NEWS: HILLARY CLINTON ENDORSES JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENT

Hillary Clinton has backed John Edwards in the race for the Democratic Nomination. She praised Senator Biden for having run a 'magnificent race' but believed for the strength of the party in November it was time to unite behind Edwards, who still leads in the delegate count. No response yet from either camp on the endorsement.

Out of curiosity how many delegates are/were needed? (Edwards may be over the nomination threshold)

[NewYorkExpress]

OOC: Well I guess I'll point out that 1) NYE left this game and IMO has no right to come back and decide how Clinton endorses. Had I left the game as Biden without endorsing I would not come back and do this. And 2) Clinton said she would endorse after a clear delegate lead was established; we have actually become closer in delegates since then. I haven't decided how I'll respond as Biden.

Might I point out that Senator Clinton, probably assumed the next couple of contests would provide a decisive outcome (BTW If I'd come back and found you'd won Florida, that would have kept Hillary neutral (in my eyes, don't ask NHI) a few more weeks)

[NewYorkExpress]

OOC: Well I guess I'll point out that 1) NYE left this game and IMO has no right to come back and decide how Clinton endorses. Had I left the game as Biden without endorsing I would not come back and do this. And 2) Clinton said she would endorse after a clear delegate lead was established; we have actually become closer in delegates since then. I haven't decided how I'll respond as Biden.

I must concur with badgate. It's kinda unfair to leave the game and then come back and all but totally decide the Democratic Nominee.

Yes, It's unfair, but I would think the real Hillary would do something like this. Also If I was any emotional state to draft a statement as Hillary I would have pretty much done what NHI did (minus a reference to a time frame for an endorsement). NHI had my approval for the statement (even it was delivered after the fact), so just consider me speaking through NHI.

[NewYorkExpress]

OOC: Well I guess I'll point out that 1) NYE left this game and IMO has no right to come back and decide how Clinton endorses. Had I left the game as Biden without endorsing I would not come back and do this. And 2) Clinton said she would endorse after a clear delegate lead was established; we have actually become closer in delegates since then. I haven't decided how I'll respond as Biden.

I must concur with badgate. It's kinda unfair to leave the game and then come back and all but totally decide the Democratic Nominee.

Same here. I like how NHI is doing this (congratulations, BTW!) but his last decision was really, really unfair.

And I think the race was waaaay more interesting without NYE in the mix and with Biden and Edwards in a close fight in every state. I know the main purpose of each one of you is winning the game, but think about having fun, too. I doubt SJoyce (as Edwards) will enjoy any other "battle" as much as this one, and it was keeping the game "active"... Believe me, once it's Edwards vs. Giuliani, the game will be more humdrum, at least until September-October (game time).

That depends who the Vice-Presidential nominees are, IMO. An Edwards/Biden ticket would be formidable for Democrats IMO.

[NewYorkExpress]

John Edwards Campaign Announcement

Robbins, North Carolina

Thank you all very much. We're very proud to be back here. I began my presidential campaign here to remind the country that we, as citizens and as a government, have a moral responsibility to each other, and what we do together matters. We must do better, if we want to live up to the great promise of this country that we all love so much. It is appropriate that I come here today. I don't know how this year's election will play out, but what I do know is that our Democratic Party will make history. We will be strong, we will be unified, and with our convictions and a little backbone we will take back the White House in November and we'll create hope and opportunity for this country.

This has been a campaign about those who had been abandoned by our government, forgotten, but not by us. This has been a campaign about lifting up those people, working families, so that someday they can once again live out the dream in America. I've sat with poultry workers in Jackson, janitors in Tallahassee, nurses in Richmond, listened to child after child tell me about their worry about whether we'll preserve the planet, walked streets of foreclosed houses, and listened to worker after worker say that the economy was tearing their family apart. I met a man in Virginia, born with a cleft palate, who had no health coverage and no money to fix it. Some good Samaritan paid for it to be fixed, to let him speak, when he was 50 years old. His story gave this campaign voice: universal health care for every man, woman and child in America. That is our cause. That's what we do for each other in America. We don't turn away from a neighbor in their time of need. Because every one of us knows that, but for the grace of God, there goes us. The American people have never stopped doing this, even when their government walked away from hardworking people, walked away from the poor, walked away those who live in poverty in this country.

We stopped focusing on those struggles. They didn't get us votes, didn't help us in the polls, and so we stopped talking about it. We turned away from the father working three jobs to pay the rent, from the mother sending her child to bed wrapped in coats because she can't afford to pay for heat, from our brothers and sisters who have been bullied into believing they can't organize and can't have a union. This hasn't been a campaign about getting votes. This has been a campaign about looking those people in the eye, promising that we hear them, we see them, and we stand with them. We will not forget them.

On my way here today, I passed under a bridge where hundreds of homeless Americans sleep every night. And I stopped, got out, and spoke to them. There was a minister there who comes every morning and feeds the homeless out of her own pocket. She said she has no money left in her bank account, she struggles to be able to do it, but she knows it's the moral, just and right thing to do. And I spoke to some of the people who were there and as I was leaving, one woman asked me whether I'd forget them. She asked me to promise her that I wouldn't forget them. I say this to her, and to all of those who are struggling in this country, we will never forget you. We will fight for you. We will stand up for you.

But I want to say this, because it's important. Will all the injustice we've seen, I can say that America's hour of transformation is upon us. It's hard to believe, I know: bullets flying in Baghdad, gas at $2 a gallon, schools without the right books for our kids, it's sure hard to believe that it's an hour of transformation. And it's hard to speak out when you feel like your voice isn't being heard. But I do hear it. We hear it. We hear you, and we will lift you up with our dream of what's possible.

One America that works for everyone. One America where struggling towns and factories come back to life because we finally transformed our economy by ending our dependence on oil. One America where the men who work the late shift and the women who get up at dawn to drive a two-hour commute and the young person who closes the store to save for college are honored for their work. One America where no child will go to bed hungry because we will finally end the moral shame of 37 million people living in poverty. One America where every single man, woman and child in this country has health care. One America with one public school system that works for all of our children. And one America that finally brings this war in Iraq to an end, and brings our servicemembers home with the hero's welcome that they have earned and that they deserve.

Today, I am suspending my campaign for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency.

But I want to say this to everyone: with Elizabeth, with my family, with my friends, with all of you and all of your support, this son of a millworker's gonna be just fine. Our job now is to make certain that America will be fine. I want to thank everyone who has worked so hard, all those who have volunteered, my dedicated campaign staff who have worked absolutely tirelessly in this campaign. And I want to say a personal word to those I've seen in the last few days - in Wyoming, in Alaska, and here in North Carolina, who came to me and said don't forget us. Speak for us. We need your voice. I want you to know that you almost changed my mind, because I hear your voice. Your country needs you, every single one of you. All of you who have been involved in this campaign and this movement for change and this cause, we need you. It is in our hour of need that your country needs you. Do not turn away now, for we have an American house to rebuild. There are homes to build, schools to rebuild, students to offer a chance to get ahead. The work goes on for day care workers and steel workers all across this country, and the work goes on for two hundred thousand men and women who wore the uniform of the United States of America, proud veterans, who go to sleep every night under bridges, or in shelters, or on grates, just as the people we saw on the way here today.

Their cause is our cause. Their struggle is our struggle. Their dreams are our dreams. Do not turn away from these great struggles before us. Do not give up on the causes that we have fought for. Do not walk away from what's possible, because it's time for all of us, all of us together, to make the two Americas one.

Thank you. God bless you, and let's go to work. Thank you all very much.

This has to be first campaign in history where the leader in delegates dropped out twice...

Also, I'm willing to Moderate "some" debates. Although, I will to wanting some debates before the conventions, in addition to the traditional three debates and Vice-Presidential debate.

If anyone likes the idea, let me know. (PS. Please don't pick Hillary as VP, as I'd prefer not play as her again)

[NewYorkExpress]

Joe Biden Surrogate Schedules (Yes, Badgate knows about this)

General Wesley Clark


May 26, 2004

Distribute Biden Campaign Literature in Garland, Arkansas

Distribute Biden Campaign Literature in Foreman, Arkansas

Barnstorm with Senator Blanche Lincoln, in Ashdown, Arkansas

Distribute Biden Campaign Literature in Murfreesboro, Arkansas

Speech in Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Just a few hours ago Vice-President Guliani, said in New Hampshire that we are running against our men and women in uniform. Well, as our nominee is so fond of saying, that's a bunch of malarkey! We aren't running against our troops, we're running against policies that send bad impressions of us to the world, and unnecessarily put our soldiers in harm's way!

May 27, 2004

Stump with Treasurer Nancy Farmer in Sarcoxie, Missouri

Distribute Biden and Farmer Campaign Literature in Ellisnore, Missouri

Interview with Rick Leventhal (For use on Monday's Fox and Friend's) in Wheeling, Missouri


General Clark, you've been on multiple VP shortlists leaked by Senator Biden. Do you believe that you should be his running mate?

Senator Biden has to pick who he feels works with him best. I'm honored to be on his shortlist and I'd be thrilled be his running mate, but I won't lose to much sleep if not I'm not picked.

May 28, 2004

Distribute Literature in Centerville, Iowa

Speech at Indian Hills Community College, in Ottumuwa, Iowa

The only thing Vice-President Giuliani has done of note is cripple the Mafia, and popularize the perp walk. But that was almost twenty years ago. Senator Biden has done quite a bit for America in those twenty years. What exactly has Giuliani done?

May, 29, 30

Vacation


May 31, Memorial Day

Visit Graves of U.S Soldiers, Long Island National Cemetary, and Calverton National Cemetary, New York

[NewYorkExpress]

Biden Campaign Schedule Pre-DNC (July 23-25)

July 23, 2004 Wyoming, Iowa, Minnesota, & Wisconsin
-9:30am - Press Conference in Cheyenne, w/ Gov. Fruedenthal Gov. Dave Fruedenthal endorses Senator Biden for President WY
-10:45am-1:00pm - Fly to Des Moines
-1:20pm - Rally in Des Moines, w/ Sen. Harkin Sen. Tom Harkin endorses Senator Biden for President IA
-2:45-3:45pm - Fly to Rochester
-4:00pm - Rally in Rochester, w/ Frmr. Vice Pres. Mondale Frmr. Vice Pres. Walter Mondale endorses Senator Biden for President MN
-5:20-6:45pm - Fly to Madison
-7:30pm - Rally in Madison, w/ Gov. Doyle, Sen. Kohl, & Rep. Baldwin

(Local affiliates invited to every stop)




July 24, 2004 Arkansas, Tennessee, & Kentucky
-10:00am - Press Conference/Rally in Ft. Smith. With Pres. Clinton, Gen. Clark, & Sen. Lincoln Sen. Blanche Lincoln announced as Vice Presidential candidate AR
-12:15pm - Rally in Little Rock. With Pres. Clinton, Gen. Clark, & Sen. Lincoln Sen. Blanche Lincoln announced as Vice Presidential candidate AR
-4:45pm - Rally in Nashville. With Pres. Clinton, Gen. Clark, & Sen. Lincoln TN
-7:30pm - Rally in Louisville. With Pres. Clinton, Gen. Clark, & Sen. Lincoln KY

(Local affiliates invited to every stop)

Statement from Biden for America

FOR MEDIA: Attached is a photograph that campaign photographer Odabie Jones took of Sen. Blanche Lincoln this morning before the press conference and rally in Ft. Smith.




July 25, 2004 Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, & New York
-10:30am - Rally in Indianapolis. With Pres. Clinton, Gen. Clark, Gov. Kernan, & Sen. Lincoln Gov. Joe Kernan endorses Senator Biden for President IN
-2:45pm - Rally in Columbus. With Pres. Clinton, Gen. Clark, & Sen. Lincoln OH
-5:30pm - Rally in Philadelphia. With Pres. Clinton, Gen. Clark, & Sen. Lincoln PA
-8:00pm - Rally in Times Square, New York City. With Pres. Clinton, Gen. Clark, & Sen. Lincoln NY

(Local affiliates invited to every stop)

Excerpt from Ft. Smith Press Conference

REPORTER: Senator Biden, Vice President Giuliani named Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison as his running mate just yesterday. Aren't you copying the Giuliani campaign by selecting Senator Lincoln as your running mate?

BIDEN: Are you serious with this question? Look, buddy, honestly, I didn't look at this decision that way, because I don't think of women as objects or tools or special trading cards. That's what you're implying, like it or not, and I will not stand for that kind of misogyny. Senator Lincoln is a fierce fighter for the people of Arkansas, and like me has a proven record of standing up to the powerful establishment in the service of our constituents. While Giuliani is running the campaign of corporate America, we'll be hard at work, talking to the people of America. We'll be talking to them about good jobs and good schools, breaking up the big banks and ensuring that those who invest in American business are not swindled by the likes of the folks at ENRON. Rudy Giuliani has a proven record of supporting companies like ENRON.

REPORTER: Senator Lincoln didn't even appear on your shortlist, what do you say to that?

BIDEN: President Clinton here, why don't you wave at 'em? (laughter, Clinton waves at the cameras) Well I was meeting with President Clinton and his wife back in May, wishing him a speedy recovery from his surgery, and the subject of the ticket came up. President Clinton asked that we take a look at Senator Lincoln, so I immediately called up Ted, our search committee chair, and told him to start the vetting. Listen, folks, when Bill Clinton makes a suggestion, you don't just write it off. Because when I sat down with Senator Lincoln, I knew. I knew she was a fighter like me and I knew she would be the right choice to take our country forward. And, I knew it was right not to write her off.

And everyone here, and across this country, the pundits ready to slice and dice our great nation into demographics and wedge groups and focus tests, they'd better be prepared. We're coming for you. We won't stand for divisions of old and the politics of the Bush era. We won't stand for the power of Wall Street when it bankrupts Main Street.

REPORTER: Ft. Smith is not even the largest city in Arkansas, why did you choose to make the announcement here?

BIDEN: We've made it clear over these past few months that we stand with the American people in their day to day lives: we will raise the minimum wage and create good-paying jobs and make college affordable, lower tuition and increase access to affordable healthcare. But national security, keeping our homes and families safe from harm and from terrorists, is going to be of paramount importance to my administration and in this campaign. We have to make the tough decisions because we are the greatest nation on earth, and Senator Lincoln and I are here at Ft Smith to do just that.

OOC; What a copycat (I'm kidding of course, but this is two election games in a row we've had Blanche Lincoln as the Democrats VP nominee...)

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OOC: Really, I had no idea. Which game was that?

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Surrogate Schedule-General Wesley Clark

August 29, 2004

Rally at the Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa (With Tom Harkin, Tom Vilsack,Christie Vilsack, Chet Culver, Bill Gluba, Tom Miller, Michael Fitzgerald, Berkeley Bedell, Neil Smith, Leonard Boswell, David Nagle and Michael Blouin)

I'm going to try to keep this brief, as I understand that Senator Harkin has a flight to Arkansas to catch... Everyone in this room wants Joe Biden to be victorious in November. Everyone in this room wants Iowa to be part of our winning coalition. And everyone in this room realizes that despite Mayor Giuliani's claims of being experienced, being Mayor of New York City is far different than anything on the National level. As such, Senator Harkin and I are proud to  announce the pro-Biden endorsements of Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, Iowa Secretary of State, Chet Culver, Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell, Bill Gluba, our nominee against Jim Nussle, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, Iowa Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, and former Congressmen Berkely Bedell, David Nagle, Neil Smith, and Michael Blouin. While Senator Biden cannot be here tonight, I have no doubt he would be honored by this support.

Speech in La Vista, Nebraska (With Matt Connealy and Nancy Thompson)

They say Democrats can't win Nebraska, that Senator Biden will lose here in a landslide. Well, we're going to prove them wrong on both counts, by giving Mayor Giuliani the race of his life here, and by electing Matt Conneally and Nancy Thompson to Congress, winning an Open Seat, and defeating Congressman Lee Terry. We can do this, Nebraska, and we know your capable of greatness, just waiting to show it to the world. This is your chance.

GOTV in Hildreth, Nebraska

Speech in Franklin, Nebraska

Franklin was the Childhood Home of a man, who like Senator Biden, cared about people's, in this case children, safety and sought to do something about it. This man was Frank Cyr, who today is known as the father of the Yellow School bus. Like Cyr, Senator Biden has been an advocate for Transportation, especially after his families death in a car accident. He's voted against measures that would allow those who don't wear helmets or seat-belts to get off scot-free and he voted against the Highway Bill of 1995, which repealed the National Speed limit, among things. Senator Biden is a dedicated supporter of Amtrak, and passenger rail in general, which one day, may just be the next yellow school bus.

August 30, 2004

GOTV in Athol, Kansas

GOTV in Deerfield, Kansas

GOTV in Leoti, Kansas

Speech at the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum, La Crosse, Kansas (With Dennis Moore and Nancy Boyda)

You don't need a barbed wire fence to realize that we can win Kansas! The going will be difficult, the challenges immense, but there is no reason why we can't do it! There's also no reason why we can't re-elect Congressman Dennis Moore, or why we can't help Nancy Boyda defeat Congressman Jim Ryun. In the political world, like in the Military, nothing is impossible and winning Kansas and Nebraska, will prove it!

August 31, 2004

GOTV in Yates Center, Kansas

GOTV in Council Grove, Kansas

GOTV in Woodstock, New Hampshire

September 1, 2004

GOTV in Bath, New Hampshire

GOTV in Wentworth, New Hampshire

GOTV, Rockaway Beach, New York (With Hillary Clinton)

September 2, 2004

Speech at the New York Aquarium, Coney Island

Yes, Mayor Giuliani was in charge on 9/11, but the reality, he was a lame duck then. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the guy in office now, is the one responsible for New York City's seeming post-9/11 Resurrection, not Rudy Guliani

GOTV, Wagner University, Staten Island

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Surrogate Schedule-General Wesley Clark

September 10, 2004

Speech in Sylacauga, Alabama

While most of us in Senator Biden's campaign don't believe Alabama will be competitive, a fifty-state means making an effort in all fifty states, no matter how far out of reach they are, or how distant they appear to be to be. And who knows, maybe in November a miracle will happen, and we'll carry Alabama.

GOTV in Weaver, Alabama

GOTV in Glencoe, Alabama

Speech at Congregation Beth Israel, Gadsden, Alabama

I know that many of you are worried about Senator Biden's stances on Israel. Senator Biden supports an Israeli state, and believes that the people of Israel who have for years tried to live peacefully with the Palestinians are under no obligation to continue to do so. Their self-control and high military morality, should make their nation and military the envy of the world. Senator Biden believes that wherever Israel deems its capital to be, then that the American embassy should be, and Senator Biden believes outside forces, threatning Israel, like Iran, need to be stopped before they acquire nuclear weaponry or energy, as the Ayatollah has made it clear that after Israel, the US is the next target. In many was your worries about Senator Biden are unfounded, he has and he will back Israel, just as the Presidents before have.

September 11, 2004

Attend 9/11 Memorial at Fort Knox, Kentucky

September 12, 2004

GOTV in Ekron, Kentucky

GOTV in Laconia, Indiana

GOTV  in New Amsterdam, Indiana

GOTV in Palmyra, Indiana

September 13,14,15

Bundling Fundraisers, Indianapolis Indiana

September 16, 2004

GOTV in Schoolcraft, Michigan

GOTV in Climax, Michigan


September 17, 18
Rest, Detroit, Michigan

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Surrogate Schedule- Governor Tom Vilsack

September 10, 2004

GOTV in Ogden, Iowa

Speech at Pufferbilly Days Festival, Boone, Iowa

Senator Biden is the most devoted individual to improving our travels, be it by land, by sea or by air that I have ever seen. He's the one who has shown us that in a post 9/11 world, we can stop terrorists and search for items that do not belong on a plane, more cheaply and efficiently than we do now. He's the one pushing for increased funding for Amtrak, and treating it like it is, a way for people to get from point A to point B, rather than a shiny toy. And he's the one who believes there is more to do to make motor vehicles safe, and is willing to punish car manufacturers for deliberately not doing so.

GOTV in Madrid, Iowa

GOTV in Slater, Iowa

GOTV in Gilbert, Iowa

September 11, 2004

Attend Memorial Service at Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa

September 12, 2004

Speech in Story City, Iowa

One day, us Iowans need to realize that we need to share the spotlight with other states when we nominate our Presidential nominees. The reality is Iowa reflected an idyllic America, one that just isn't realistic, and besides if we move back behind other states in 2008, people will miss us even more. This isn't a Republican thing, or a Democratic thing, it's a common sense thing.

GOTV, Collins, Iowa

GOTV in Brooklyn, Iowa

GOTV in Montezuma, Iowa

GOTV in Hills, Iowa

September 13, 2004

GOTV in Tiffin, Iowa

GOTV in West Branch, Iowa

GOTV in Stanwood, Iowa

Speech at the Wilton Candy Kitchen, Wilton, Iowa

Last month, I was listening to Michelle Obama, she's our Senate Illinois wife, talk about how she wants to curb America's intake of unhealthy food like the ones sold in this shop, and I thought to myself, "we don't have a problem that bad, do we?". Then I looked at our obesity rates, and I realized that it's not just a problem, we're walking off the edge of a cliff, and if we don't do something now, our country might just eat itself to death, which is why implore whoever is elected, be it Biden, Giuliani, Kucinich or Johnson, to do whatever it takes to end this crisis.

September 14, 2004

GOTV in Conesville, Iowa

Speech in Muscatine, Iowa

In many ways Russell Harding truly is the tip of Rudy Giuliani's corrupt City Hall. Take a close at his last Police Commissioner, Bernard Kerik. He's been rumored to have taken bribes, failed to report earnings (and said bribes) on his taxes, and quite a few other crimes, none of which have unfortunately been proven to this point. If that isn't enough for you, how about Vice-President Guliani's support of the Police Officers who shot Patrick Dorismond, Amadou Diallo, Gidone Busch, Nathaniel Gaines, and Anthony Baez, all of whom were unarmed at the time!

Speech at the MARK of the Quad Cities, Moline, Illinois

For a former prosecutor Rudy Giuliani seems to like criminals a bit too much. He's supported the racist actions of Bernhard Goetz as U.S Attorney, and he's supported the (White) officers who killed unarmed Patrick Dorismond and Amadou Diallo as Mayor of New York City! And of course there are the various members of his Mayoral Administration that have been arrested in the past few years...

September 15, 2004

GOTV in New Glarus, Wisconsin

GOTV in Browntown, Wisconsin

GOTV in Brodhead Wisconsin

GOTV in Orfordville, Wisconsin

September 16, 2004

GOTV in Porter, Wisconsin

GOTV in Avon, Wisconsin

GOTV in Nichols, Wisconsin

September 17, 2004

GOTV in Bear Creek, Wisconsin

GOTV in Wrightstown, Wisconsin

September 18, 2004

Be Governor of Iowa