DNC Convention Day 2
Posted on August 26th, 2008 by campmanager
Last night was the first big night of the convention. Among the speakers were Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Republican Congressman Jim Leach from Iowa, Michelle Obama, our own Claire McCaskill and a suprise appearance from Senator Ted Kennedy.
I was sitting to the left of the Missouri Delegation if they are shown on TV, at the back of the California delegation. Disability access has been interesting. I think I will give them a little advice for 2012.
Claire was great and her whole family was there. It’s interesting how people talk about Barack Obama just being a lowly state senator four years ago. I remember it was just two years ago when Claire would drop by my office to talk about whether she should run against Jim Talent. Of course I strongly encouraged her to and it is so cool to see her on the national stage. She was even on MSNBC this morning.
I thought Michelle Obama did a tremendous job letting us know who she and Barack are and where they came from. So many partisans have tried to turn her into something she’s not, and I think she made a great impression that should really help the campaign. Their daughters stole the show, and I think people could see they are a regular yet extraordinary family.
Of couse the place really rocked when Caroline Kennedy introduced Ted Kennedy. People weren’t sure if he was going to speak, and the great lion in winter knocked it out of the park as usual. They passed around different signs for each speech and of course my campaign manager, Nate Kennedy, wanted a couple of extra Kennedy signs.
You get to see all sorts of famous people at these events. One delegate from Missouri, Brian Wahby was doing a skit with the guys from the Daily Show. Other notables included Gloria Allred, Matthew Modine, Jim Lehrer, John King, Roland Martin, and Joe Johns.
This morning’s breakfast speakers at the hotel were State Auditor Susan Montee and Congressman Ike Skelton. Pollster Peter Hart gave us a rundown of national trends. Suffice it to say, Bush ain’t too popular. I’m talking record setting levels.
There’s a lot of anticipation and actually trepidation about Hillary’s speech tonight. Somehow I think she’ll get the job done. After all, I have HOPE.
I was sitting to the left of the Missouri Delegation if they are shown on TV, at the back of the California delegation. Disability access has been interesting. I think I will give them a little advice for 2012.
Claire was great and her whole family was there. It’s interesting how people talk about Barack Obama just being a lowly state senator four years ago. I remember it was just two years ago when Claire would drop by my office to talk about whether she should run against Jim Talent. Of course I strongly encouraged her to and it is so cool to see her on the national stage. She was even on MSNBC this morning.
I thought Michelle Obama did a tremendous job letting us know who she and Barack are and where they came from. So many partisans have tried to turn her into something she’s not, and I think she made a great impression that should really help the campaign. Their daughters stole the show, and I think people could see they are a regular yet extraordinary family.
Of couse the place really rocked when Caroline Kennedy introduced Ted Kennedy. People weren’t sure if he was going to speak, and the great lion in winter knocked it out of the park as usual. They passed around different signs for each speech and of course my campaign manager, Nate Kennedy, wanted a couple of extra Kennedy signs.
You get to see all sorts of famous people at these events. One delegate from Missouri, Brian Wahby was doing a skit with the guys from the Daily Show. Other notables included Gloria Allred, Matthew Modine, Jim Lehrer, John King, Roland Martin, and Joe Johns.
This morning’s breakfast speakers at the hotel were State Auditor Susan Montee and Congressman Ike Skelton. Pollster Peter Hart gave us a rundown of national trends. Suffice it to say, Bush ain’t too popular. I’m talking record setting levels.
There’s a lot of anticipation and actually trepidation about Hillary’s speech tonight. Somehow I think she’ll get the job done. After all, I have HOPE.
