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Feb. 27, 2014 - Association of State Democratic Chairs (ASDC) meeting.
DNC CEO Amy Dacey.
Ray Buckley, president of the ASDC, and chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.  Vice President Biden arrived at least half an hour late, forcing several DNC members and staffers to really stretch to fill in the time.  Even Ray Buckley ran out of things to say. 
Biden said he was late because a Delaware issue had necessitated a meeting with Delaware delegation.  He said he had two reasons to speak here.

"The first one is the 2014 election.  And the second one is building the Democratic National Committee into a powerhouse that works in '16, '18, '20, '22 and '24, and I've committed to go anywhere she [Debbie Wasserman Shultz] asks me to go, raise any money we can, because folks, I am so tired, I am so tired of hearing about the demise of the Democratic Party.  That we're under wa--, and we're going to have trouble, we're having trouble keeping up.  Give me a break. 

"There is no Republican Party...  I wish there were.  Here's what I mean by that.  The president delivers the State of the Union.  Four responses.  I'm being deadly earnest.  Think about this. 

"Why are we quote in trouble as the popular or the conventional wisdom is now.  This is the first time  — I say to my buddy John Daniello, he and I ran together, he's the chairman in Delaware, we ran together back 200 years ago together, and he's my great friend — John, I can't think of a time, for real, since I was elected in '72, where the majority of the American people agreed with us on every major issue we're for. 

"Now that sounds like hyperbole, but think about it.  Raising the minimum wage: 71-percent.  Equal pay for women: 90-percent.  Early childhood education: 86-percent.  Investing in infrastructure: 88-percent.  Background checks: 90-percent.  Marriage equality: 55-percent.  Building...on the Affordable Care Act instead of repealing it: 55-percent.  Comprehensive immigration reform: 60-percent of registered Republican voters support it, 73-percent Democrat.  Ending the war in Afghanistan. 

"We have never been there before folks, so what are we worried about?  Why are we—.  What we're worried about is the Koch brothers and their friends bringing in millions and millions and millions of dollars.  But guys, I'm still one of these guys that believes money can't buy an election..."
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