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AFSCME Presidential Forum – June 19, 2007

AFSCME held a Democratic Presidential Forum as part of the 2007 National Leadership Conference on Tuesday, June 19, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Chris Matthews, MSNBC Election Anchor and host of the network’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” moderated the event, covered live by MSNBC.

More than 2,000 AFSCME members and retirees from around the United States attended the forum, the second AFSCME has sponsored in 2007. In February, the 1.4 million-member union held the nation’s first Presidential forum of the 2008 election cycle in Carson City, Nev.

Candidates attending the forum were: U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.

Presidential Forum Highlights

• Video: Leadership Conference and Presidential Forum
  Watch highlights from the AFSCME event held in Washington, D.C.
• Read the Transcript
  MSNBC’s transcript from the AFSCME Presidential Forum
• “Hardball” Video: The Democrats Court Labor
  Chris Matthews talks with AFSCME President Gerald McEntee on MSNBC’s “Hardball”
• Recap of Presidential Candidates at AFSCME Forum
  MSNBC’s Chris Matthews posts a rundown of some of the candidates’ answers on the Hardblogger site.
• President McEntee on “The Ed Schultz Show”
  Listen to the radio interview recorded live at the AFSCME Presidential Forum on June 19th

Photo Galleries

• View the Presidential Forum Photo Gallery on Flickr
• Los Angeles Times Photo Gallery
• More Photos from the Leadership Conference: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3

Read the Headlines

• AFSCME Leaders Commit to Building Army of Volunteers to ‘Take Back America’
  (AFSCME WORKS Online Xtras 6/29/07) The three-day Leadership Conference held in Washington, D.C., focused on turning out the vote next year to win back the White House.
• Democrats Woo Union Voters at AFSCME Forum
  (The Hill 6/19/07) Several Democratic presidential candidates wooed union voters Tuesday at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) leadership forum.
• Democratic Candidates Appeal to Union Workers
  (Scripps Howard 6/19/07) President Gerald McEntee: “We’ll have a grassroots army that is second to none.”
• AFSCME Prepares For Political Battle To Elect Pro-Worker Government
  (Workers Independent News 6/18/07) AFSCME Public Affairs Director Ethan Rome outlines plans to plan and mobilize a political and legislative strategy to advance workers interests. (listen to the audio at this link)

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On the Blogs

• Pocketbook Issues Move AFSCME Crowd
  NBC correspondent Chip Reid posts his thoughts on Hardblogger about the issues that matter to AFSCME members.
• We Are On Our Way to the White House!
  Richard Acevedo from CSEA, AFSCME Local 1000, posted on the AFSCME Greenline about the Leadership Conference and the Presidential Forum.
• Blogging the AFSCME Presidential Forum
  Jonathan Singer covered the event live on MyDD.com.

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Press Releases

• Democratic Presidential Candidates Meet at AFSCME Presidential Forum
• “Hardball” Host Chris Matthews Will Moderate AFSCME Presidential Forum

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