The Democratic National Convention
With stellar and moving speeches from both Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Michelle Obama, the Democratic National Convention successfully completed its first day in Denver, Colorado. As part of Midd Blog’s plan to start covering more topics and adding more editorial content and as part of my introduction as a Midd Blog contributor, I’m going to be covering the Convention all week.
I’m in Denver as a page for the South Dakota delegation. From what I can tell at this point, that means I have complete Convention floor credentials and am basically “errand-girl.” After campaigning in New Hampshire, Vermont, and South Dakota for the presumptive nominee, Barack Obama, I’m thrilled to witness this stage of the game, to watch the efforts from the individual states come together. The South Dakota delegation is very small and, in the grand scheme of things, rather unimportant. That means that my role here is going to be much more that of an observer than a participant. However, since SD actually voted for Hillary, it could prove to be a very interesting lens from which to view the proceedings. In fact, I see the two hot topics of the week being the Clintons and security. Obama and Biden are going to have to give some pretty strong performances to put themselves into that equation.
What I want to know, to start off, is what your thoughts are about the Convention. Did you watch any of it on TV? Are you in Denver, too? Also, how would you like to see it covered on Midd Blog? With such tight security, live blogging is difficult and internet connection is slow. (The Reuters bloggers had to move to a bookstore 7 blocks from the Pepsi Center to get their stories in on time, and the Microsoft bloggers were at Starbucks.) I’ll do my best to give at least daily updates and coverage of the speeches, the protests, the concerts, the voting on Wednesday night and then, most importantly, Invesco on Thursday night. I am also posting on my own blog as well as writing for Middlebury College Democrats, so I encourage you to go to both of those places for more commentary and photos. For now, it’s to bed and then on to Day 2.
- Emily
My advice?
1) Keep it short (save longer stuff for the Dems blog/your own blog; I doubt people will wade through much here)
2) Give us the inside scoop (don’t tell us what the speeches say, tell us about the energy level, whether there’s a feeling of unity, all the behind-the-scenes stuff that we can’t pick up on TV!)
I’m so excited for you! It must be amazing to see it in person!
heard the place is packed. Have you seen and protesters, have you been to any townhalls on healthcare or Energy or anything.
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