Christine Escobar: Covering the AFL-CIO Presidential Forum

Published: August 8, 2007, 8:37 pm

Although intended for union members and their families, I received a ticket given out by the John Edwards campaign to supporters and attended the AFL-CIO Presidential Forum at Soldier Field stadium in Chicago Tuesday night. The forum featured 7 of the Democratic candidates. The only democratic candidate missing in the forum lineup was former Senator Mike Gravel, who, reportedly did not return the AFL-CIO questionnaire required of all the candidates in time to be included. Minutes before the start of the forum, Edwards pulled up to the curb outside the stadium seated in a green minivan: his same mode of transportation on Saturday when he appeared at the Congress Hotel on Michigan Avenue in Chicago to walk the picket lines with union members before his appearance at Yearly Kos at McCormick Place. With minutes to go before the start of the forum, he exited the van, and shook hands with supporters as he made his way into the side entrance of the stadium. Once inside, I managed to find

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