Featured Speakers
The speakers included:
- Madeleine Albright, former United States Secretary of State
- Tom Allen, candidate for United States Senate from Maine
- Evan Bayh, United States Senator from Indiana
- Beau Biden, Attorney General of Delaware and son of Joe Biden
- Lois Capps, United States Representative from California
- Kathy Castor, United States Representative from Florida
- James E. Clyburn, United States House of Representatives Majority Whip
- Elijah Cummings, United States Representative from Maryland
- Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago
- Tom Daschle, former United States Senator from South Dakota
- Artur Davis, United States Representative from Alabama
- Rosa DeLauro, United States Representative from Connecticut
- Manny Diaz, mayor of Miami
- Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War veteran and Director of Illinois Veterans' Affairs
- Chet Edwards, United States Representative from Texas
- John Hutson, Republican, retired rear admiral of the United States Navy and president of the Franklin Pierce Law Center
- Michele S. Jones, first female command sergeant major of the United States Army
- Claudia Kennedy, first female three-star general in the United States Army
- John Kerry, United States Senator from Massachusetts and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee
- Nita Lowey, United States Representative from New York
- Jeff Merkley, candidate for United States Senate from Oregon
- Patrick Murphy, United States Representative from Pennsylvania and first Iraq War veteran elected to Congress
- Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Jack Reed, United States Senator from Rhode Island
- Harry Reid, United States Senate Majority Leader
- Jay Rockefeller, United States Senator from West Virginia
- Xiomara Rodriguez, Nevada delegate and retired member of the United States Coast Guard
- Ken Salazar, United States Senator from Colorado
- Joe Sestak, United States Representative from Pennsylvania
- Chuck Schumer, United States Senator from New York
- Jeanne Shaheen, former governor of New Hampshire and candidate for United States Senate
- Louise Slaughter, United States Representative from New York
- Hilda Solis, United States Representative from California
- Tom Udall, United States Representative from New Mexico and candidate for United States Senate
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, United States Representative from Florida
- Maxine Waters, United States Representative from California
- Robert Wexler, United States Representative from Florida
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“All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. Stumping it through England for seven years made Cobden a consummate debater. Stumping it through New England for twice seven trained Wendell Phillips.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)