Prof. John K. Hartman of Bowling Green sent me the link to his blog about the Democratic National Convention for The Morning Sun. It’s very well done.
Twenty-something Ohio delegates David Mann and Gabby Seay are blogging about their adventures in Denver at The Dish on Denver. Nice pictures and video as well.
It’s exciting that so many young people are very active at this convention, as activists and bloggers as well as official delegates!
Just concluded an on the record interview with the Dayton Daily News. We’ll see what ends up in the paper tomorrow.
I’ve been in the Pepsi Center for about an hour now clinging to a seat in the front row of the bloggers section. As you can see it’s kind of in the nosebleed section, but it’s better than nothing.
In a completely random note, there’s a couple down on the floor dressed like an angel and the devil. I would love to know what the Hell was up with that.
Here is the video of a quick interview by Ben Carter of the terrific Kentucky blog Blue Grass Roots:
The seats in the front of the Ohio section at the Pepsi Center had paper “reserved” signs on them yesterday because they are intended for superdelegates and elected officials. Even early in the session, however, a variety of other people were plunking themselves down into them. In order to help save the seats, Chris Redfern wrote the names of some elected officials on the paper signs in the front row.
The seat next to me said “Reserved for Charlie Wilson.” After a while I noticed that people passing in the aisle were stopping to photograph the sign. It took me a few minutes to figure it out - it’s because of the movie, Charlie Wilson’s War.
That effect is related to my difficulty in having a Google alert on “Charlie Wilson.” It seems like only one in ten of the alerts I get are about the Congressman from Ohio. The rest are links to comments by movie fans, or folks commenting on the conflict in Afghanistan.
Robin Seliger of Kent, a physics professor at Kent State University, is reporting on the convention on Political Science 216.
Looking down at the convention floor, it is absolutely jam packed with people waiting to hear Hillary Clinton speak. I can see what Jeff meant by the tight squeeze down there.
Ya gotta eat.
Actually it wasn’t bad, but I had to snarf it down while standing around in the concourse because the security people won’t allow you to bring food into the arena.
One cool bit - when I picked up my DNCC credential on Sunday I got a free sample of a prepaid payment tag from a company called FirstData. It’s like a prepaid credit card, but it’s a two-inch square tag that you can wear on your shirt like a pin (it has the stick-pin things mounted on the back). The vendors have a gizmo where you can swipe the tag.
The sample came with $10 on it, and that was just enough for a bottle of water and a small pepperoni pizza. Tastes better when it’s free!
I just picked up the schedule and I see that Rep. Dennis Kucinich will speak sometime not long before Gov. Strickland.
