DFNYC's 4th Annual Summer Cocktail Reception with Jim Dean and Mark Green
got some nice press coverage from the New York Observers Em Whitney in an article,
DFNYC Puts 'No-Brainer' Support For Obama on Display:
"I think people are looking at the total candidate," said City Councilman Tony Avella,
also a long-shot mayoral candidate. "He [Obama] stands for change, and we need change in the city."
"It has gotten really bad," he added. "Good legislation languishes in the Council forever."
The theme of Obama for change in City Hall ran throughout the evening.
"I've been for Obama for a year and a half," said Norman Siegel,
an attorney making his third bid for public advocate, as Tom Petty played in
the background. "I love his intellect, his vision, his idealism. But I
disagree with his policies on Pfizer, capital punishment, and the Second Amendment.
I'd love to sit down with him and discuss issues like civil liberties--but
it's a no-brainier, you vote for Barack Obama."
...
When it was Mark Green's turn onstage he turned to the audience and said,
"Raise your hand if you organized for Hillary in the primary contest."
About about 30 people--roughly two-thirds of the crowd--raised their hands.
"Raise your hand if you organized for Obama in the primary contest,"
he demanded, as about 20 people raised their hands, and someone hissed loudly.
"Now," Green went on. "Who is not yet convinced to go all out for Barack Obama?"
The room was quiet.
