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What Jon Corzine said in January 2005 |
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Written by Eddie Konczal
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Saturday, 08 November 2008 05:27 |
I met Jon Corzine on January 20, 2005, at a "counter-Inauguration Day" party at McAteer's in Somerset, NJ.
It was a pretty depressing day, with Bush being inaugurated for his second term. Bob Kerrey was supposed to be the guest speaker, but he couldn't make it. Corzine had taken the train up from Washington to fill in for Kerrey.
Noah Greenberg, Mike Costello, Bob Scardapane and I got to speak briefly with Corzine before the event started; he was very friendly. He was still Senator and just getting ready to launch his gubernatorial run.
Corzine gave a short but energetic and enthusiastic speech that night. At the end of his speech, Corzine said this:
"2005 is going to be a great year for Democrats, 2006 is going to be a great year for Democrats, and in 2008, we're going to change the world." And guess what - he was right!
-Eddie
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