dr. mcguire, it is going to be up to the democratic party to finish the work.t is up to us to restore the american dream. it is up to us to finish the work that we have begun, to make our economy work for all of us again. you see, the tea party republican party is no longer the republican party of years past. would that they were. there was a time when the republican party had leaders, a vision, foresight. compassion. lincoln asserted our unity. and our common humanity. eisenhower liberated europe and and build the nations highway system. now republicans dismiss science. now they fight against equality in any of its various forms, and education. they of poor health care. and any increase in the minimum wage. think about that. an entire party dedicated to keeping wages low for american workers. what have we come to? they question vaccines and climate change. give them a few more weeks and they will be shunning copernicus. [laughter] here in iowa, house republicans are saying your state can't afford to invest in schools but they are willing to spend twice as much

dr. mcguire, it is going to be up to the democratic party to finish the work.t is up to us to restore the american dream. it is up to us to finish the work that we have begun, to make our economy work for all of us again. you see, the tea party republican party, is no longer the republican party of years past. would that they were. there was a time once when the republican party had leaders of vision foresight compassion. lincoln asserted our unity and our common humanity. eisenhower liberated europe and he built the nation's highway system to connect us. but now republicans create traffic jams. now they fight against equality in any of its berries forms, and education. they are poor health care. and any increase in the minimum wage. think about that. an entire party dedicated to keeping wages low for the american workers. what have we come to? they even question taxing's and climate change. [laughter] give them a few more weeks and there will be shunning copernicus. [laughter] here and i will, house republicans are saying that your state can't afford to invest

dr. andy mcguire who is the new chair of the iowa democratic party. [applause] and he is a native of waterloo iowa. she is a medical doctor, a health care executive for more than 20 years. i got to know her in the department of economic development, years ago when she served on an innovation counsel and also when she was a candidate for lieutenant governor in 2006. she is the mother of seven children, impressive. 18 years old-28 years old. she has a little more seniority and man i do. she was elected january 17 chair. in the two months that she has been chair, she has already been to over 20 events and is traveling this state and going to be -- going to lead us to a new invigorated iowa democratic party. andy please. [applause] andy: thank you. what a great group. and a great chair. can we give him another round? [applause] i tell you, when i come to a group like this, can you feel the energy? are you proud, are you proud to be democrats? [applause] that is exactly what i see all over the state. tom told you about me i am from waterloo. i have been he