The College Democrats invited me to an organizational kickoff event at the University of Hartford today. Not only was my favorite future Senator there to speak, but so were many other prominent state Democrats up for election or re-election on November 7:

Diane Farrell, John DeStefano, and Mary Glassman were there in spirit.

What I saw for the most part were a lot of young Democrats, all of whom came out (on the first day of nice weather we’ve had in awhile) ready to learn what they can do to pitch in and help. As a college student and a Democrat, I was pleased to see this.

As a blogger, I was pleased to see almost all of the candidates in one place–it really makes life easy. Thanks again to the College Democrats for inviting me!

Check out two videos from the event below. The first is Joe Courtney’s unabridged five minute speech, and the second is Chris Murphy’s unabridged speech. These are two of the three Democrats challenging incumbent Republicans this year. Democrats only need to win 15 seats from Republicans in order to take control of the House this year, and three of those seats most likely to change hands are right here in CT.

Joe Courtney Addresses College Dems


Make sure you sign up and volunteer with the Joe Courtney campaign, especially if you live in the 2nd CD.

Chris Murphy Addresses College Dems


Make sure you sign up and volunteer with the Chris Murphy campaign, especially if you live in the 5th CD.

Amazon Honor SystemAlso, I’ll make my plea for contributions to the Amazon Tip-Jar. Thanks to everyone who has given so generously already. I was able to put the money to good use buying a graphing calculator that makes my math homework a cinch (and the quizzes/tests too). So, if you really dig the videos and appreciate the expenditure of my time and efforts to bring them to you, consider dropping some change into the tip-jar or picking up something on my wishlist. Admittedly, I don’t have blank tapes on the list anymore because at the moment, I’ve got more than I anticipate being able to use prior to election day. I have put up some books and CDs that I’ll probably buy around the winter break (unless someone wants to subsidize my leisure reading and listening). I will be adding a mic stand and a mic extension cable to the list, and so if anyone wishes to pick those up, that will really help. Today my camera was back a little ways, too far for me to use the black mic with blue tape that you see in some of my other videos. Thankfully, the audio quality is acceptable.

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