- Howard Dean's Voter Registration Efforts to Continue in Wisconsin
This week Governor Howard Dean will make campaign stops in Wisconsin to register voters and continue to campaign on behalf of the Obama-Biden ticket and their message for change. On Tuesday Gov. Dean will make campaign stops in Janesville, Monroe, Platteville and on Wednesday Dean will continue to make campaign stops in Eau Claire and Menomonie.
Over the past three months Gov. Dean has campaigned in more than 22 states and the District of Columbia to bring Barack Obama's message of change to the grassroots and register voters. This campaign season Gov. Dean has recruited hundreds of volunteers and registered thousands of voters. Dean's "Register for Change" bus tour began in George Bush's backyard in Crawford, Texas to remind voters about the choice they face in November: change vs. more of the same. The tour continues to build on the overwhelming enthusiasm and voter turnout seen during the primaries as Democrats mobilize and organize voters for the fall election.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Janesville, WI
JANESVILLE ECONOMIC TOWN HALL
United Auto Workers Union Hall
1795 Lafayette Street
Janesville, WI
Event Time: 12:00 p.m.
* For more information contact the Wisconsin Campaign for Change press office at 608-255-0703.
Monroe, WI
MONROE COMMUNITY RALLY
Minhas Craft Brewery
1208 14th Ave
Monroe, WI
Event Time: 2:45 p.m.
* For more information contact the Wisconsin Campaign for Change press office at 608-255-0703.
Platteville, WI
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE STUDENT AND COMMUNITY RALLY
UW- Platteville, Pioneer Student Center
1 University Plaza
Platteville, WI
Event Time: 5:30 p.m.
* For more information contact the Wisconsin Campaign for Change press office at 608-255-0703.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008
Eau Claire, WI
EAU CLAIRE ECONOMIC TOWN HALL
L.E. Phillips Career Development Center
1515 Ball Street
Eau Claire, WI
Event Time: 10:45 a.m.
* For more information contact the Wisconsin Campaign for Change press office at 608-255-0703.
Menomonie, WI
UNIVERSITYOF WISCONSIN STOUT STUDENT AND COMMUNITY RALLY
UW- Stout, Memorial Student Center
712 South Broadway St.
Menomonie, WI
Event Time: 12:45 p.m.
* For more information contact the Wisconsin Campaign for Change press office at 608-255-0703.
- TOMORROW: Gov. Howard Dean's ''Register for Change'' Tour Heads to Wisconsin
After making dozens of campaign stops in key states in the run up to the Democratic National Convention, Gov. Howard Dean will take his "Register for Change" bus tour to Milwaukee and Madison, WI tomorrow.
The cross country, "Register for Change," bus tour started in George Bush's backyard in Crawford, Texas in mid-July. The tour continues to build on the overwhelming enthusiasm and voter turnout seen during the primaries as Democrats mobilize and organize voters for the fall election.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Milwaukee, WI
REGISTER FOR CHANGE VOTER REGISTRATION RALLY IN MILWAUKEE
Marquette University
Alumni Memorial Union
1442 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI
Event Time: 12:15 PM
* For more information contact Caroline Ciccone at CicconeC@dnc.org.
Madison, WI
REGISTER FOR CHANGE VOTER REGISTRATION RALLY IN MADISON
100 Block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Madison, WI
Event Time: 3:45 PM
* For more information contact Caroline Ciccone at CicconeC@dnc.org
- Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Good evening. I had the privilege of speaking to this convention four years ago, and at that time, our nation had 45.8 million people without health care insurance and millions more who were underinsured.
Today, the number of uninsured has risen to 47 million people. If you add up the entire population of Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and my home state of Wisconsin, you have roughly the number of uninsured people in this country. That includes more than 9 million American children with millions more who are underinsured and afraid to seek medical care because of high co-pays or limited coverage.
When the people of our great nation feel the American dream slipping out of their reach, we can't afford more of the same. Barack Obama is the change we need. For millions of hardworking Americans, many of them women, illness also means crushing debt. Half of all personal bankruptcies in this country are caused by catastrophic medical bills.
That is what happened to Sue from Beloit, Wisconsin. She told me, “My husband was diagnosed with lung cancer. After treatment began, we found out that the insurance company had a small loophole. Under our insurance, they have a $13,000 limit per year on radiation and chemotherapy. That amount did not even cover the first treatment of either radiation or chemo.” Sue said, “I was not going to have my husband die for lack of treatment, so we started to use our savings and available credit to pay for medical expenses. My husband later died.”
“After having completely depleted our savings and facing insurmountable credit card debt,” she told me, “I had no choice but to file bankruptcy last year.” Sue's story is common all across the country. For eight long years, we've had a president more concerned about the health of insurance companies than the health of the American people.
John McCain is more of the same. But we have a choice in this election.
Barack Obama recognizes that good health care is as necessary to a productive society as a good education. Barack Obama understands that investing in people restores the American dream. And Barack Obama believes we can create a safer, stronger, healthier society.
This November, we have an historic opportunity to strengthen our health care system, reduce costs and make coverage available to all who need it.
I'm voting for the change we need to bring health care to all. I'm voting for Barack Obama!
- Jim Doyle
When I was a boy in junior high school, millions of young Americans like me were called to the noble patriotism of service by John F. Kennedy. I felt then—and I know now—that his words were directed at me.
I carried his call in my heart as my wife, Jessica, and I joined the Peace Corps, served in Tunisia, and took my first job back home helping some of America’s most desperately poor at an Indian reservation in Chinle, Arizona. I carry his call today as I fight for the working families of Wisconsin.
Democrats, this is our time to revive the spirit of Kennedy that brought so many of us into public service and together in this great hall. We are ready to move past eight years of an economic doctrine that favors the rich and ignores the rest. We are ready to reject John McCain’s campaign that offers nothing but four years of more of the same. We are ready to innovate, build and work hard to achieve our dreams. For the people of my state, hard work is nothing new. We get up every day to face the challenges ahead of us: caring for our families, teaching our children and doing our jobs to the very best of our abilities.
For as long as I can remember, there has been a sort of unwritten rule in America. Some call it the American dream. It says that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can go as far in life as your talent and dedication will take you. In Wisconsin and across our country today, people are working just as hard as ever. They are still playing by the rules. But they are finding their dreams further and further out of reach.
My family, I think, was among the earliest to endorse Barack Obama. I’d say it happened about five minutes into the keynote speech he delivered four years ago. I have asked all my family members why they support Senator Obama so strongly, but no one said it better than my 8-year-old grandson, Asiah. He said, “We need a president who will work hard for us.” That’s the wisdom of a child.
In Barack Obama, we will know what it is to have a president who really works hard for us. And he knows that the best way to get America working again is by investing in the green energy jobs of tomorrow. Just this month, I was at a small-town factory in northern Wisconsin called Merit Gear, which has a long history of making gearboxes. Most of them used to go into cars and trucks. But now, their largest and most highly engineered gears are turning inside the generators of windmills. They say business is booming.
The boom at Merit Gear can happen in factories and towns everywhere. But that will only happen if we have a president committed to investing in education, job training and low taxe
