Well, I finally have a few minutes to blog about yesterday's events. The Texas delegation breakfast was a great kickstart to the day with featured speakers Leticia Van de Putte, Kathleen Sebelius, and Chet Edwards. Their speeches were motivating and helped us get ready for a long day of convention business. After the morning meeting we had just a few minutes before we loaded buses to head into Denver (the Texas delegation got a bad draw on hotels, so we're out in Aurora!). The bus took us through some beautiful neighborhoods in the city - the architecture of the homes and the gardens were amazing. Our destination the Texans in the Rockies reception featuring Congressman Charlie Wilson! Former Speaker Jim Wright was also in attendance for the event. It seems like everywhere I turn I am meeting amazing people who have done their part to make a difference for the people of America!
In the afternoon I spent some time on 16th street downtown and stopped by a Clinton group headquarters to take some time out for meeting more people and talking with the press. I made sure to make my way to the Pepsi Center in time for the opening gavel of the Convention. While many people decided not to come until later, I didn't want to miss the opening of my first National Convention! There are national and international press everywhere! The Texas delegation is seated right by BBC and ABC. It's somewhat odd to see people like Dan Rather and Diane Sawyer up close and personal.
Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi spoke to take care of the business of opening the Convention and President Jimmy Carter stopped by for a tribute, but the real treat came with the featured speakers of the night: Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama. They both gave moving and emotionally driven speeches that really helped to unite the DNCC. There were smiles, cheers, and tears in the audience. It's a sign of the great things to come the rest of the week and I'm certainly looking forward to continuing this amazing experience.
One day down, three to go!
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i think that it's really great that you are so into politics and are willing to do so much for the election. I hope the rest of your week goes smoothe and you meet a lot more fascinating people
-Paige Castleman
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Glad that you are enjoying yourself and that you are having an experience. Hope that you are doing well and that you have a good and interesting week. We'll be keeping an eye on you. Represent Texas well!
-Trever Bench
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