While speeches are still going strong, a nominating petition is circulating through the Hawaii delegation gathering signatures to nominate Joe Biden as vice-president. In this photo, Andy Winer displays the first four signatures–Mazie Hirono, Mufi Hannemann, Colleen Hanabusa and Brian Schatz.
Security is tight but well organized. Security here on the floor of the convention is not visible. Nothing like outside in the downtown area. But there are several security perimeters set up around Pepsi Center, and several levels of security screening. I took a delegates’ shuttle bus from the convention center this afternoon. You needed [...]
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When a reporter asked Chuck Freedman whether Barack Obama’s Hawaii roots are the reason for his strong support in the state, Freedman answered: “We ran a real strong grassroots campaign for a year and a half, with no money. Most local campaigns would love to run a campaign like we did.” So his small kid [...]
Cheers, shouting, whistling. The volume shot up when the Speaker of the House took to the podium. I’m sure this speech and the response will get lots of attention.
Spirits are high here with the Hawaii delegation. This was the scene just a few minutes ago. Be sure to watch this one to the end! It’s a 9 MB file, so might take you a while to download, but it’s fun. Star performer is Chuck Freedman, no stranger to government and politics and now [...]
Click on the photo to the left to get an idea of what it’s like here early in this first night of the Democratic National Convention.
It’s just after 5 p.m. and I’ve just gotten plugged in with the Hawaii delegation at the Pepsi Center. Behind me, Congresswoman Mazie Hirono is posing for photos. To my immediate left is the flower arrangement which took an hour or so to put up. One thing I can say is that Sen. Donna Kim [...]
I ran into a couple of guys outside the Colorado Convention Center today who are from Nathaniel Swift’s Political Novelties and Oddities, a new company in Seattle. I don’t know if these glasses really make it any easier to spot the BS, but they certainly get the message across. They also offer The Recovering Republican [...]
