Sen. Al Franken-a Wellstone Democrat opens a big rally for his friend, Hillary- in NH

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It is really a story of friendships. I watched this rally and Hillary was on fire as was the crowd. Al did a wonderful introduction for Hillary to take the stage.
It was a bittersweet moment for me as Paul Wellstone was my Senator when I lived in MN. I remember hearing the news. I and Minneapolis were in shock--the state was. Sometime it seems like yesterday. But after my moment--I was so happy to see him up on stage with his fellow Senators rallying for Hillary.



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Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon Is Bernie Sanders’ Colleagues

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/02/hillary-clinton-al-franken-friendship

—By Tim Murphy
Sat Feb. 6, 2016 10:35 PM EST




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Sen Al Franken (D-Minn.) opened for Hillary Clinton Saturday night in Portsmouth with one very important message: she's good enough, she's smart enough, and doggone it, she's a Paul Wellstone progressive.

Clinton's final pitch to New Hampshire voters is as much about the people she surrounds herself with as it is the former secretary of state herself. On Friday, four woman senators were there to co-opt Bernie Sanders by arguing that the "revolution" America needs is electing the first woman. Stefany Shaheen, daughter of the New Hampshire senator, warmed up the crowd in Portsmouth by name-dropping celebrity backers Lena Dunham, Gloria Steinem, Abby Wambach—proof she's not only experienced, but maybe cool. Franken was there to follow-up on a subject of intense debate over the last week—what it means to be a progressive.

"Let my clarify something: why they let a guy up here," Franken began, flanked by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Gov. Maggie Hassan, and the former secretary of state. He didn't waste any time invoking the legacy of the late Minnesota senator, a progressive icon who died in a plane crash in 2002 shortly before the midterm elections:

I'm Al Franken, I'm a Senator from Minnesota, and I hold the seat that Paul Wellstone once held. And I can point to someone on this stage whom I wouldn't be senator from Minnesota , and that is Hillary Clinton. My first election was kind of close. I won by 312 votes. Hillary Clinton came twice for me, once in October and then I got a call from her the Sunday before the election, she said "I'm coming out." And we did a big rally in Duluth and got more than 312 votes at that rally, I gotta tell you. I'm a Paul Wellstone progressive. And let me tell you what that means: Paul said, "We all do better when we all do better." Now if I knew what a haiku was, I'd say that was a haiku. But evidently I'm told it isn't. But Paul knew that we all do better when we all do better.



He launched into a personal story of growing up middle-class in Minnesota. And then he returned again to why they let the guy up there.

"Sen. Shaheen, my colleague, and I, like the only other [Senate] Democrats who have endorsed in this race, have endorsed Hillary Clinton for a reason," he said. "Because this is serious stuff. This is serious stuff. This is Sherrod Brown. This is Cory Booker. This is Tammy Baldwin. We are progressives. And we know what it takes to get things done."...............

Harrell Kirstein ?@HarrellKirstein 11h11 hours ago

Crowd keeps breaking into 'Hillary!' chants at @HillaryClinton @JeanneShaheen @GovernorHassan & @alfranken event. #603forHRC #ImWithHe





Hillary for NH ?@HillaryforNH 11h11 hours ago

Anger isn't a plan. Frustration isn't a strategy.



Jeanne Shaheen ?@JeanneShaheen 11h11 hours ago

So excited to get out the vote with @Maggie_Hassan and @alfranken for @HillaryClinton in Portsmouth! #HillaryinNH





Harrell Kirstein ?@HarrellKirstein 10h10 hours ago

PACKED house for @HillaryClinton, @JeanneShaheen, @GovernorHassan & @alfranken in Portsmouth tonight #nhpolitics



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Gina Sillitti ?@gina_sillitti 35m35 minutes ago

Love Al Franken! #HillaryinNH #ImWithHer