Today, The Politico published an interview with 8th District Democratic Rep. Melissa Bean. When asked how long she's known Barack Obama, she offered up these memories:
Bean: For years. He and I were on the campaign trail together because we came to Congress together. In fact, we were the two who “couldn’t win.” But we were both sworn in on the same day, both were elected on the same night. [...]
I remember he used to pull his tie when the press would ignore us. We would be in the back of the room at some event of Chicago, but because we weren’t the favored candidates early on, we couldn’t’ get the time of day.
Politico: He’d pull his tie?
Bean: We would do this Rodney Dangerfield thing, like, “We’re getting no respect. What are we, chopped liver?” And we’d laugh about it in the back of the room.
From "chopped liver" to a crowd of 17,000 on Tuesday night in St. Paul, MN (with an additional 15,000 congregating outside the stadium there). Not too shabby.
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