Well, Day 1 of the Convention ’08 is over. There’s not a whole lot to report at this point. I didn’t make it onto the Convention Floor today (I arrived to late to nab some credentials), but I can already sense that promises for an interesting and dramatic convention will not go unfulfilled. Reports coming from the other SD Delegates from the floor tonight were that Kennedy was incredibly moving and Michelle was in rare form. I have only seen snippets of their speeches on TV since we got back to the hotel, but once I see longer clips, I’m sure I’ll have some comments.
As the week goes along, there are several aspects of the convention that will be interesting to watch unfold. First of all, SD went for Hillary, not Obama and, from what I can tell, the delegation is very much undecided (unanimously, at least) on what to do. Second, SD is an incredibly small state. We may have some important people (Daschle and McGovern), but we still get walked all over. Several of us from the delegation got knocked off the VIP list for the “Sex, Politics and Cocktails” Planned Parenthood dance party to make room for bigger states and more important people (even though SD is the primary abortion battleground right now). Instead, I bummed around downtown Denver with my mother, the executive director of the State Democratic Party and his wife, and an Obama delegate looking for chocolate cake. Thirdly, it will be interesting to see just what my job as a page is. And finally, security is tiiiight. I mean, from what it sounds like, there is security for security for security to get onto the convention floor. This could stifle my live-blogging capabilities for the week, but, we’ll see how it goes.
Anyway, it’s off to bed now. I have a delegation meeting in just a few hours and I desperately need sleep. I’m 90% certain I will be on the Convention floor tomorrow so there are many more pictures and reports to come.
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Four things –
#1 – Please tell me you didn’t go to the Rock Bottom Brewery in downtown Denver
#2 – Please tell me you found the Real World house
#3 – I dare you to not use the word “LoDo” all week
#4 – Most importantly, what happened with the cake?
I would also like to know what happened with the cake.
Which may or may not have been a lie. >.>