State Party Chairman Joseph Cryan operates at the Inverness.: Politicker photo
DENVER - It was one of those unlikely big event introductions: the governor of New Jersey revving up the crowd before he rolled out U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman (D-Fair Lawn).
Usually it’s one of the members of the congressional delegation warming up a crowd for the governor, but this occasion was different, as onetime Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) stalwart Gov. Jon Corzine yielded to Rothman, a Northeast Regional co-chair of the Obama campaign.
Co-hosting a party with Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) at the Inverness Hotel on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, Rothman hit the two big power chords the Obama campaign hoped to sound with its pick this weekend of Sen. Joe Biden (D-NJ) as Obama’s vice presidential running mate.
"Joe Biden is going to be great at reaching out to working class voters, plus he has foreign policy experience," said the congressman, the only member of the New Jersey delegation to have endorsed Obama from the beginning.
There were scattered hand claps - and a little spark of happiness for Biden.
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