The room was packed. I estimated no less than 100 people in the room not including the candidates and elected officials. It was a passionate crowd that gave loud ovations when Stachowski and Mesi were introduced or when their names were mentioned. Sen. Thompson gave an excellent speech and riled up the crowd. Hochul also gave a great speech and Mayor Brown introduced Gov. Paterson. Brown and Paterson served in the New York State Senate together before each ended up in their respective executive roles.
Paterson gave an outstanding speech. I do have video of the whole thing, which you can see below the fold, but I wanted to emphasize this clip.
While Paterson might not be taking that no-holds barred approach that his predecessor did, he is willing to help Democrats win the Senate and help further his own executive agenda. Paterson certainly helped the cause yesterday as he received a warm welcome from everybody in the room. Not only that, but he helped boost Stachowski and Mesi, who are involved in hot contests here in Western New York.
