(Community Matters) So nice to have the President back in Austin. I don’t mean to provoke partisan debate. My personal perspective is that the Pres & our D Congress have passed healthcare reform, financial regulatory reform, enacted the most signficant education reforms in several decades, passed legislation requiring equal pay for women… (who knew that didn’t even already exist?), passed LGBT inclusive hate crimes leg, expanded LGBT equality among federal employees and are moving forward with other impt equality measures . . . all while inheriting two unpaid for wars and managing a swine flu epidemic and the worst environmental disaster in our history.
President Obama remains a hero to me. It was great having him back in Austin so that so many friends who have been so supportive were also able to be reminded of his commitment, empathy, charisma and intellect. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks preparing and raising. And, quite successful, we raised over $1mm including $250k going to the Texas Democratic Party. The DSCC raised an additional amount at last night’s reception in Dallas. Way fun working so hard with Kirk Rudy, Adrienne Donato, Alexa Wesner, Bev Reeves and others.
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