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Jr. Democrats rally to fund DNC bid

Second-generation Kessler helps Rendell, Nutter rally troops

They weren't acting lke the defeated party: "A sold-out crowd of over 200" filled JG Domestic, the restaurant at the Cira Center office tower next to Philadelphia's 30th St. train station, last night to raise funds for bringing the 2016 Democratic National Convention to Philadelphia, says one organizer, Dan Kessler, investment analyst for Cira landlord Brandywine Realty Trust (and son of Duane Morris rainmaker and national Democratic fundraiser Alan Kessler).

It was a cheap night - $20.16 a head, up to $200+ for "host committee" members. Ex-Gov. Ed Rendell and Mayor Michael Nutter were on hand to rally the faithful and tell young "millennials," like the  professionals crowding into Center City and neighboring districts, that "we are the future of the Democratic Party," Kessler adds. City hotel-keepers are also hoping the party will be here in two summers.