The Warm Up and Warner
Senator Bob Casey from Pennsylvania got the crowd hyped with a "Four More Months" chant that's still buzzing around the arena and- I bet- we'll be hearing more of in the next couple days. He pushed hard on Biden as a native son of Pennsylvania- in case anybody needed a bit more convincing in the Keystone state. He was followed by a true hero of the equality and labor movements, Lilly Ledbetter, speaking on Women's Equality Day. She got huge cheers for her landmark discrimination case and big bo read
On stage right now at the DNC talking about equal pay for equal work! And then they played her out to I'm So Excited by the Pointer Sisters...really? What on earth is going on with their musical director? read
Well tonight we get what we all have been waiting for, Hillary’s attempt to make it look like she really, really wants Barack Obama to win. We also get the keynote address from Virginia’s future US Senator Mark Warner. here is a full list of the major speakers for tonight. Headliner - Hillary Keynote Address - Mark Warner Pay Equity pioneer Lilly Ledbetter Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas Governor Janet Napo read
4:01 CT: We’re here and ready to go. 4:17: Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta calls the meeting to order. And time for prayer, which conveniently recalls most of the Democratic platform. The colors are presented, the pledge of allegiance is stated, and the national anthem is sung. Not to offend little kids, but the National Anthem isn’t one of those things that sounds better when sung by a children’s choir. 4:23: This segues awkwardly into a hip-hop video featuring DC. It’s for Eleanor Holmes read
Wondering where the Washington and Idaho delegations are hanging out during the convention? Might be hard to spot them in those shots from the podium. Idaho was supposed to be up front, but got moved to the back of the hall to make room for veep candidate Joe Biden's home state. (See previous post here.) They're only slightly behind where Washington state started. Facing out from the podium, Washington is back and to the right, between Texas and Hawaii. Idaho is next to the District of Columbi read
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