...I'd like to play my small part in generating excitement around the business wing of the Democratic Party, people who have started business, people who have signed the front side of a paycheck, people who have employed people in the private sector. Those are the same skill sets that you require in a governor's office. Governor is different than a senator or a congressman. Governors are the CEO's, they are the ones who go out and recruit business, and I think Terry McAuliffe is going to be one of the recruiters in the country.
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