Politics & Government

Cooper Comments From the Democratic Convention

Ex-county legislator shares experiences as Democrats gather to renominate the president.

Former Suffolk County majority leader Jon Cooper is commenting from the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

Wednesday afternoon:

Right now I'm attending a DCCC political briefing with Nancy Pelosi, Steve Israel and other Democratic House leaders. They're outlining our "62 day strategy to win 25 seats" on November 6th, which is what we'll need to take back the House!

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I just had a nice chat with former FL Governor Charlie Crist, who's going to be one of the main convention speakers tomorrow night. I mentioned to the Governor that I've taken my kids to Disney World 26 times over the past 26 years, and he said that qualifies us as honorary residents of Florida!

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