I grabbed a quick photo as the Hawaii delegation gathered for a group photo after breakfast this morning. Not a great photo, but it gives you an idea. The pro photographer hired to do take the group photo was trying to block others pictures from being taken. I managed to disobey just long enough to [...]
This just in from Andy Winer: Immediately after the convention, Senator Daniel Akaka will travel to Las Vegas to campaign for Barack Obama. It is expected that Senator Akaka will be making media and personal appearances to garner support among ex-Hawaii residents livings in Nevada as well as among the large Asian-American and Pacific Islander [...]
Things could get interesting again tonight. After the fire martial shut down access to Pepsi Center last night, capacity issues may come to the fore. For Hawaii, that’s not necessarily good news. On Monday, Hawaii initially had 29 seats and it has 29 delegates and two pages with floor credentials. It also has one designated [...]
While over at The Big Tent on Monday, I struck up a conversation with someone downstairs. Turned out it was Steve Myers, news editor for the Poynter Institute, who is covering both the Democratic and Republican conventions. You can read Steve’s resulting story here (with photo!). It’s a good story, apart from a couple of [...]
