There are a lot of reporters here in town. Pre-convention estimates were that there would be 15,000 media types here. It feels like that could be correct. But not many are from Hawaii. Today we ran into KGMB’s Keahi Tucker while waiting to ride Denver’s light rail system into downtown. He was working on a [...]
On the street: Police presence Originally uploaded by ilind Things were much calmer downtown today, although I did see one arrest of a young man, apparently for going too far in taunting a group of police. This was a typical scene downtown as small teams of police maneuvered around the city. The mounted police unit [...]
Tags:
On the street: Texas Democrats in Denver Originally uploaded by ilind I spotted this table for a Democratic county committee and assumed it was a county somewhere in the vicinity of Denver. Wrong. It’s a county in Texas, and these Dems drove to Denver to tell their story and try to raise a little money [...]
Tags:
On the street: A Wake-up call Originally uploaded by ilind It’s time to stop the wars. In Iraq, Afghanistan, and the war-being-pushed in Iran. Although this message was taken to the streets, I’ve heard it from a lot of Democratic delegates. We’re Democrats, we’ve elected Democrats to governorships and to Congress, and they haven’t necessarily [...]
Tags:
On the street: Pushing for Nader Originally uploaded by ilind I spent some time on the streets downtown today and stopped to talk to several people. Nader is scheduled to speak here tomorrow and this young man was aggressively challenging Democrats to hear him out. The reception wasn’t too warm and fuzzy. When I passed [...]
Tags:
If you haven’t noticed, I’m not at Pepsi Center tonight. In fact, I’m watching Hillary Clinton’s speech with a glass of wine in hand at the same time you are. To tell the truth, I don’t know how the delegates make it through the week. The heat, altitude, low humidity, and the difficult logistics just [...]
Dallas Blogger Shawn Wiliams reported about 30 minutes ago that the Denver fire marshall had stopped admitted late comers to Pepsi Center. Richard Port, who has participated in his share of conventions as a delegate from Hawaii, warned this morning that this has happened before and advised everyone to get there early. Port said even [...]
Freedman shuffle (the follow-through) Originally uploaded by ilind After Chuck Freedman’s happy feet performed so well, he returned to his seat and let us know how he felt. Enough said.
Tags:
