Democratic candidate AFSCME forum in Nevada now LIVE on C-Span, minus Obama who is in Iowa today--

[flpoljunkie]

getting lots of attention. George Stephanopolous will moderate. Senator Harry Reid welcomed everyone and Gerald McAtee, president of AFSCME just introduced Stephanopolous.

First candidate up is Senator Chris Dodd.

[snowbear]

1. Thank you for posting that .. just saw your msg & just turned it on!

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[FrenchieCat]

2. Thanks...

watching!

[The Witch]

3. Dodd's doing great. (and K&R!)

Huge applause to "How much more chaos could there BE in Baghdad!"

[The Witch]

4. Here comes Hillary.

With lots of cheers in the audience.

[The Witch]

5. opening point: state/county/fed employees need the right to unionize.

good one for this crowd.

[The Witch]

6. against "privatization of our government." She's hitting some good points.

The filler is milquetoasty but she knows her audience.

[flpoljunkie]

7. Vilsack up now, focusing on getting us out of Iraq now.

[flpoljunkie]

8. Focusing on "wellness" and fighting disease, rather than raising taxes. Huh?

Vilsack says all the other candidates will tell you we need universal health care.

[flpoljunkie]

9. John Edwards up now.

[flpoljunkie]

10. Ups ante. Hillary says she'll provide universal health care at end of her 2nd term.

Edwards just said he would provide universal health care immediately by raising taxes on those whose AGI is over $200,000.

[LSparkle]

11. I'm surprised that Edwards didn't get more applause

He's done a lot of work with labor (esp. in Nevada) so it was a surprise that he hasn't received the most overwhelming applause. (Maybe his spiel about Iran/Israel has hurt him?)

[flpoljunkie]

12. There is also a thread on this in General Discussion.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=260518&mesg_id=260518