Other speakers were chosen because of their circumstances, and their residency in targeted battleground states for the fall campaign.
Pamella Cash-Roper and her husband, of Pittsboro, N.C., are unemployed due to health problems and can't afford gas to leave the house much.
Xiomara Rodriguez, of Reno, Nev., served in the U.S. Coast Guard and is concerned about veterans affairs.
Beth Robinson, of Chesapeake, Va., has multiple sclerosis and, as the wife of a Marine who has served repeated tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is concerned about the housing market's decline on their future relocations and being a single parent when her husband is deployed.
Roy Gross, a truck driver from Taylor, Mich., is a single father to a college-age daughter.
Sympathy Night’s theme is “look at what Bush did to us”
I’m unemployed (after 17 years with the same company)
My husband is partially disabled due to 2 unsucessful back surgeries
We sold our house last fall
We have a 13 year old daughter
We are struggling and lost so much in the past five years
I am voting for McCain