August 23, 2003
Sleepless at 10 (Central Time)
There are about 800 people packed into a hangar at the Milwaukee Airport. It’s been festooned with Dean posters and a huge flag – a bit like dressing up the gymnasium for the prom. The crowd has turned out solely on the basis of notices in email and on the web site. It’s Saturday night. It’s 10pm. And the crowd is on fire. They’re applauding, laughing, booing the bad guys, chanting.
The Governor speaks without notes and with no Teleprompter. At the end, you can barely hear him over the crowd’s sustained roar.