Democrats in Denver Craig Hickman, of Winthrop, is among 32 delegates from Maine who are attending this week's Democratic National Convention in Denver. Hickman will update this blog as often as possible.
August 29, 2008
The Greatest Show On Earth
I've never seen any thing like it. I'll never again see anything like it.
And I'm not one to say never.
From my girl Jennifer Hudson's rousing rendition of the National Anthem, complete with bombs bursting in air, fireworks that exploded from the top of the columns and the top of Invesco Field after Barack Obama's jaw-dropping acceptance speech, I was left with aching bones, weeping eyes, and a hopeful heart.
It's official. Barack Obama is the first African American Democratic nominee for the President of the United States of America.
In an abbreviated roll call vote, Hillary Clinton, surrounded by her delegation, a lot of cameras, and alongside David Patterson, the first African American governor of New York, declared Barack Obama the nominee by acclamation on the convention floor. There were tears in her eyes. As there were when she voted for Barack Obama on the first ballot earlier in the day.
The Cowboy Governor; video of Montana's Schweitzer
The "keynote" speech you didn't see.
While the cynics passing themselves as journalists bantered on and on about how the Democrats weren't offering their viewers any "red meat" by attacking John McCain head on, Montana governor Brian Schweitzer was at the podium serving up big fat slices of prime rib.
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