so I can vote for him

It is so good to hear somebody who knows what it is to work damned hard for shit wages talk about it. He's a great speaker. I sincerely hope Maine wakes the hell up and elects him.

Not since Clinton have I heard anyone capable of making a speech like this and sell it completely.

...is that there is an utter blindness to the fact that ordinary Americans are being told they ought to struggle to get by, that the normal order of things is afflicting the afflicted and comforting the comfortable. This speech kicks that to the curb.

Great story. I hope the people of Maine can send him to Congress. Whatever state he comes from, we need more of that in Washington.

he not only gets it , he is it, the real deal from the new deal Democrat.

a 300 acre potato farm in Presque Isle. I remember living near Houlton for half a year in a cabin with an iron stove and an outhouse; also had many happy memories of my childhood visits to grandpa's farm, helping with potato picking, playing in the barn, swimming around Bar Harbor, and staying near Rangely Lakes and Sugar Loaf Mountain areas. My last trip there with my mother, I took her up through the border to New Brunswick and over to Nova Scotia. I've still got family there.

Thanks so much for this post! I hope your guy wins!

WOW! That was a great speech - "We built that ladder." Sending it to my dad who lived in Portland and Saco - he'll love it, too.

Thanks for posting...really hope he pulls it out.

I'm going to keep my eye on this race. So many times the everyday folk like Troy run with heartfelt honesty and too often the guy/gal with the most money beats them. Damn, that was good!!!

We're lucky that the other person running, Emily Cain, is also very good. She's a strong progressive too and a ferocious campaigner, so we'll have a good candidate no matter which wins, but I have to say that Troy Jackson speaks from his guts like no one I've ever seen in politics. It's refreshing.