John Hall won New York’s 19th Congressional District last night

[DainBramaged]

http://www.johnhallforcongress.com/

John Hall is Still the One, and brings history and real music to Congress. If you remember the music of the Seventies, he co-founded the band Orleans.I guess the music he'll be playing will be for us even more so than ever.



Dance with Me and celebrate.


http://www.orleansonline.com/

http://www.sirensongs.com/links.html

[Nite Owl]

1. I'll dance with a dem

anytime!

Congratulations on a job well done. May he do our country proud!
Good job CD19!

[KamaAina]

2. Now I can say that a Congressman played at my college's Spring Fling

in, I believe, '83. We (Day Student Gov't, of which I was a member) picked 'em over Eddie Money among others.

[Gregorian]

3. He came across as a very knowledgeable man on TDS.

They did an interview with him. We're in good hands.

I just got off the phone with a friend, and was telling him about this. And I live on the west coast. It's good to see great people getting in office.

[OneBlueSky]

4. John ended his speech last night by singing -- a cappella -- . . .

a song written especially for his campaign by Little Steven van Zandt (Silvio Dante, for you Sopranos fans) . . .

John's challenge -- like other new Members of Congress -- will be finding his footing and maintaining his independence and values and the face of competing pressures from PACs and lobbyists (offering tons of cash), constituents, interest groups, the party, the opposing party, and potential 2008 opponents . . . sad to say, but his re-election campaign starts TODAY . . .

sure is nice to have a Democrat representing me in Congress . . . :party:

[DainBramaged]

6. I wish I could have just gone out last night to share in the joy

I have a wicked sinus infection and pneumonia. I wanted so bad to cry with someone over our victory. Now I (at least) have a musical memory of the night.

Cheers Mr. Hall. I enjoyed you at No Nukes, I've made love to your music and got pumped with your music.

Now I hope our Congress can get energized by you.

[wordpix]

12. let's GET RID of these f$$ing lobbyists & make them get lost along with their bribes

[LosinIt]

5. Cool, my husband still has one of their albums

and I saw them about 30 years ago outside at Morgia's Bar in Sacket's Harbor, NY. God, I'm old.

[Cha]

7. This is Grreat ..I love that song

"And You're Still The One". I know how you feel about having a Dem represent you in Congress!

The 24th District of New York now has a Dem after almost 50 years..thank you very much. And I loved Michael Arcuri's Victory Speech when he talked about "Real Family Values".

http://www.wktv.com/



http://www.arcuriforcongress.com/

[Crunchy Frog]

8. Here's a link to the interview he did with Colbert

if anyone wants to see it. This was my first intro to him, and I've been hoping he would win ever since I watched it. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x4144

[DainBramaged]

15. THAT is how I found out about him.

[Bunny]

9. Which one is he?

Congrats John Hal! :thumbsup:

[Sydnie]

11. The bearded one in the middle n/t

[DainBramaged]

16. no more beard

[OneBlueSky]

21. his opponent actually used that photo in a mailing . . .

during the last week of the campaign . . . guess she thought it would scare voters away . . .

didn't work, hon . . . :smoke:

[wordpix]

10. YOU'RE STILL THE ONE---we're still havin' fun ---Rock on to Congress, John Hall!

I used to dance to him and his band in Ithaca, NY. :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

14. I think Keith Olbermann described the same thing last night,

that Orleans used to play Ithaca when he was at Cornell.

I remember them giving a concert in a park in Syracuse in 1980 and I was standing right there in front of him while they played. I thought at the time, wow, I'm this close to a rock star!

Good for him!

[Beaverhausen]

13. He was one of the founders of Musician's United for Safe Energy

and helped organize the MUSE- No Nukes concerts back in the late 70s. He has been politically active for years.

I'm so glad he won!

[DainBramaged]

18. I have the ticket stub in a collage on my wall from No Nukes

Went with a girl I knew from my High School in the 60's. Almost Reagan days. maybe we can have a few more years of peace and prosperity now before we die.

[AlCzervik]

17. "The Colbert bump" you go John!

[Sydnie]

19. Yes, no doubt we will hear about that tonight

:rofl: Love me some Stephen!

[lapislzi]

20. Big love for John Hall!

I am so proud of my neighbors in NY19 for putting John over the top!

Though it bears watching that his opponent, Republican incumbent Sue Kelly has not yet conceded the race. The spread is about 3,500 votes.

Wake up, little Suzie. It's time to go home.