Federico Peña (Obama’s National Campaign Co-chair) sees ‘a lot’ of himself in Obama — and a transformative DNC for Denver

Federico Pena says he “saw a lot of myself” in the outsider presidential candidacy of a young Democratic senator from Illinois.

“When I ran for mayor in 1982, I was very young (36), a party outsider. People said that I couldn’t win…because, as a friend told me, ‘Denver’s not ready for a Hispanic mayor,’” says Pena, now co-chair of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.

Pundits, he notes, said the same about an African-American hopeful. As a result, “I really understand personally what he’s going through,” Pena says.”*

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