Jefferson-Jackson Dinner 2009: liveblogging, page 6

Sorry ... I was away for a moment, trying to figure out how I broke Twitter. Again, mea culpa. I'll try not to do it again.

Anyway, keynote speaker Tim Kaine, governor of Virginia and chairman of the Democratic National Committee is up ... and he was greeted by a brief but noisy protest: "Choice! Choice! Choice!" from one table, in response to his support of a Virginia law that restricts a woman's right to choose; he's also opposed to stem cell research. Yes, he's Catholic ...

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Well, I've managed to miss most of Gov. Kaine's speech because of technical difficulties. Not only did I break Twitter, I also briefly broke my own internets. So I'm playing catch-up a bit. Sorry about that. But as Gov. Kaine speaks, someone keeps shouting something periodically ... I can't hear it from here, though. Interesting.

You know ... I have to tell you, I'm pretty much switching off mentally right now. Sorry about that. I suck. (Oh, except Kaine just mentioned Michael Steele, which garnered a good laugh from the assembled Democrats here.)

Let's not kid ourselves, says Gov. Kaine, that this is going to be easy for Democrats. We're in a tough time economically, plus military conflicts and such ... our opponents know what they're against, but not what they're for. "They're the party of 'NO.' " But we're lucky, because we have a moment in our hands right now that generations of Americans haven't had. We'll be measured by what we do in this moment, whether we support the president's agenda or say "you folks in Washington figure that out." But there's no time to rest, no time to be complacent. I know this: you don't know how long a moment will last. Well, I can tell you this: we've created this moment. It's nearly unique in the history of this great nation. So we've got to do as much as we can for as many as we can for as long as we can. Are you ready for that sense of urgency?

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That's it from Miami Beach, folks. Thanks for reading along. And, again, sorry for breaking Twitter.