It's hard to believe that the leader of our glorious party has passed away, but Senator Ted Kennedy's spirit lives on in all of us proud Democrats. It was with this sentiment I hit the streets of Salinas, California tonight to get new voters registered Democrat and to convince those in other parties to come over to our side. We targeted the residents of East Salinas, the home of immigrants, the working class and the poor. These are the people Sen. Kennedy fought for throughout his historical 43 years in the Senate.
While driving to the precinct, I tuned into NPR and a political expert said that he was easily one of the top 5 senators of the 20th century and it would be hard to argue against anyone that ranked him No. 1.
Personally, JFK was always my favorite Kennedy and he was the reason I got interested in politics at a very early age. With that being said, my admiration for Teddy has grown over the years and my fingers are crossed that we can finally make health care universal as a dedication to his memory and work.
Back to East Salinas where I was able to get seven people registered Democrat tonight - 1 new voter, 4 Decline to State and my personal favorite, 2 Republicans. Getting a Republican to switch teams feels like getting two new voters because their party is one less and ours is one more.
What we have in the United States is not so much a health-care system as a disease-care system.- Senator Ted Kennedy on health care reform in 1994
CURRENT TALLY THROUGH 5 SHIFTS
TOTAL OF 27 NEW DEMOCRATS
6 REPUBLICAN KILLS
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