— you win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category." —Al Gore "Take it from me — every vote counts. In our Democracy, every vote has power. And never forget — that power is yours. Don't let anyone take it away or talk you into throwing it away. And let's make sure that this time every vote is counted." —Al Gore Tuesday, July 27th Principal speakers Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of John Kerry Christopher Heinz, stepson of John Kerry Barack Obama, candidate for United States Senate from Illinois and Keynote Speaker Featured speakers Carol Moseley-Braun, former United States Senator from Illinois and Democratic presidential candidate Robert Caro, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian Thomas R. Carper, United States Senator from Delaware Jon S. Corzine, United States Senator from New Jersey Thomas A. Daschle, United States Senator from South Dakota and Senate Minority Leader Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont and Democratic presidential candidate John Dingell, United States Representative from Michigan Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt, United States Representative from Missouri and Democratic presidential candidate James P. Hoffa, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Mike Honda, United States Representative from California Jesse Jackson, Former Democratic presidential candidate Edward M. Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts Kwame Kilpatrick, Mayor of Detroit Robert Matsui, United States Representative from California Benjamin McKenzie, actor and political activist. Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona Ron Reagan, son of 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan Linda Sánchez, United States Representative from California Christie Vilsack, wife of Tom Vilsack Quotes "I’ve seen their desire to take our country back for the American people. I saw it in a college student in Pennsylvania who sold her bicycle and sent us a check for one hundred dollars with a note that said, "I sold my bicycle for democracy." I saw it in a woman from Iowa who handed me fifty dollars — all in quarters. She saved it from her monthly disability check, because she wanted to make America well again. And I saw it in the 19-year-old from Alabama who had never been involved in politics before he got in his car and drove up to Vermont, because he didn't feel like he was being heard in Washington. He was just one of so many. They learned that politics was too important to be left to the politicians. They didn't just pack their