My friend Alyson’s in Boston as part of the California Delegation to the Democratic Party Convention.
She sent this from the floor:
Today was the first official day of the convention and I’ve only been on the floor for about an hour. Imagine a huge arena with vast numbers of people moving all the time. There is a din from hundreds of people talking while the speaker gives the ‘official’ speech. Right now the speaker is the Mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino. As the night goes on the speakers will get more famous.
This afternoon I went to a luncheon in honor of our Senator, Diane Feinstein, hosted by Disney. The speakers included Vice President Mondale, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Jane Harman, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, and, of course Senator Feinstein. The attendees read like a who’s who of California Politics from San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales to CA Assemblywoman Rebecca Cohen and Congresswomen Ellen Taucher.
After the political speeches were done the actors from Lion King (the play) sang four songs. That’s just an appetite whetter. We’ll see the play on Wednesday. The DNCC treats us well.
While being a Delegate is fun, it’s entirely non-stop. I’ve been going since 7 AM and there will be no rest until late tonight. There are endless events going on at the same time. If only I had a cloning device and a transporter. The later would be particularly important because the events are all over Boston.
Alyson posted delegate experience to her Live Journal.
Correction: DU columnist The Plaid Adder is not at the DNC.
