The first big piece of news to emerge as the convention loomed actually broke while I was brushing my teeth getting ready to leave for Denver: the now-famous 3AM text message alerting the world that the American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama, had chosen Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate.
(Yes, I was up at 3AM brushing my teeth. When they told me my flight was early, they weren’t kidding.)
A few minutes after I walked into my hotel room in Denver, Biden took the stage with Obama in Springfield, Illinois to introduce himself to America. And his introduction was inspirational and moving:
As CtW Chair Anna Burger observed shortly thereafter, Biden is a great choice for American workers:
Change to Win members and leaders are excited to see Senator Biden added to a winning Obama team. Joe Biden is a great choice for American workers and labor. He was raised in a hard working family and has always led with the values and work ethic that he learned growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Joe Biden has been a friend to working Americans throughout his public life, standing up and fighting alongside us for the right to organize, for living wages, for family and medical leave, for safe workplaces, and for a strong social security system. He respects the dignity of all work and all people.
Change to Win members have spent thousands of hours walking precincts, making phone calls, and passing out materials at our worksites since endorsing Barack Obama six months ago, and today’s announcement gives us a great boost as we prepare for the convention and the hard work ahead of us before victory for Obama, Biden, and America’s workers on November 4th.
Joe Biden understands the struggles working people face every day. He’s ready to join the fight to ease those struggles and get this nation back on the path of honoring and rewarding hard, honest work. It’s great to have him on the ticket.
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