Hoyer: Similarly to Phelps, ‘we need to be in that pool’
By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com ReporterDENVER - U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville) sees the success of eight time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, a Baltimore native, as a good example of how Democrats can win back the White House in 2008.
“All of us in Maryland are proud of Michael Phelps,” said Hoyer during a reception hosted by Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon at the Renaissance Denver Hotel.
“What we didn’t see and what the world didn’t see is the six hours every day [he spent training],” he added. “We need to be in that pool.”
Hoyer said delegates should start reaching out to others in an effort to “change America one vote at a time.”
“We need to make sure Americans understand the consequences...of just 500 to few people coming to the polls in Florida in the year 2000,” he said.
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