Begich meets with Obama at the Annual U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami

This is exciting news from Kyle Hopkins on Alaska Politics:

Mayor Mark Begich met with presidential candidate Barack Obama Saturday at a U.S. Mayors conference in Miami.

Begich talked about the meeting a little last night, saying he received an e-mail from Obama's staff inviting him to talk, and that had a few minutes before Obama spoke to the mayors at a luncheon.

Here is an excerpt of Obama's remarks at the luncheon:



HERE is the full transcript.

Read Kyle's article and see the overview from Begich of the meeting, in which they did discuss the gasline and getting Sen. Obama's open support for it sounded promising.

Mayor Begich will also be interviewed at the Mayor's Conference by The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy. They'll be sending me the interview when it has been edited so I can post it here.