http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ en-us 2008-08-29T22:30:43-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032254.html My apologies to readers for not updating as frequently as I had hoped. While delegates were certainly in session from 3PM to 9PM every day, most of our free time was filled with receptions and after parties, along with lectures... 32254@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-29T22:30:43-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032296.html Again, this post is coming relatively late. Thursday was beyond incredible. I had been out late the night before, having a late night sandwich with Sam Spencer and Chairman and Mrs. Knutsen, and woke up early for the delegation breakfast.... 32296@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-29T17:23:55-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032231.html So it's all over. Exhausted, exhilarated, united$whatever the salient adjective of your choice to describe last night and the culmination of this 2008 Democratic National Convention$most everyone would have to agree that for many, many Americans, this is the... 32231@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-29T12:11:23-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032200.html So we're off to the big show! On the bus now to Invesco field for the number one reason we're all here: Barack Obama! Rumors are flying left and right on surprise musical guests. My personal favorite is U2 so... 32200@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-28T18:22:00-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032265.html Perhaps when I outline Wednesday and Thursday, readers will understand why posts from those two days are occurring four days later, as focus shifts from confetti in Denver to Sarah Palin, or as I prefer to call her, Danica Quayle.... 32265@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-28T13:19:27-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032266.html After the delegation breakfast and 'Morning Joe,' I had intended to take a nap. Right. Instead, I headed to a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee press conference to hear Congressman Allen and the Democratic candidates for Senate from New Hampshire, Oregon,... 32266@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-28T11:32:45-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032160.html Wednesday, of course, Maine's own Tom Allen addressed a packed convention hall that had just finished with the roll call vote to formally select Barack Obama as its presidential nominee. We in the Maine delegation were thrilled to have the... 32160@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-28T07:46:01-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032148.html I'm sitting in the Pepsi Center as I write this from my blackberry. Here comes Jay Rockefeller... The entire nominating process was, quite frankly, amazing. I can't tell you the electricity in the room when Hillary Clinton moved to suspemd... 32148@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-27T19:54:58-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032123.html Tuesday was quite the day. We started the usual way with the delegation breakfast, hearing from Congressman Mike Michaud, Governor John Baldacci, and the next U.S. Senator from the Pine Tree State, Congressman Tom Allen. Governor Dean, chairman of the... 32123@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-27T12:44:00-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032053.html Monday was surreal. After our morning delegation breakfast, I went across the street to the Colorado Convention Center to check out some of the events and workshops that were going on. I saw a face that looked familiar to me,... 32053@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-26T11:40:50-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/032035.html Entry 3 Last's night's convention kick-off could not have been more spectacular. Senator Ted Kennedy made a surprise appearance. No one knew because of his health whether this stalwart figure in the Democratic Party and a staunch supporter of Barack... 32035@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-26T07:53:24-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/031991.html We concluded our first of the daily Maine Delegation Breakfasts this morning, which gives us a chance to pick up our credentials for the day and hear updates on convention business. Rumor has it that sometimes celebrities stop by these... 31991@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-25T12:44:10-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/031982.html What a day! I spent Saturday evening in Manchester, NH to catch a 6:15 am flight to Denver via Philadelphia. Of course, despite being five minutes away from the airport, I managed to make myself late. Never thought I'd hear... 31982@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-25T11:25:33-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/031966.html After a long, cramped, expensive flight that is all rage of late, I, along with most of the Maine delegation, Maine Democratic Party officials, and various others have successfully made it from the Pine Tree State to the Mile High... 31966@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-24T20:50:36-05:00 http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/031764.html Coming soon! Check back for updates.... 31764@http://www.pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/dconvention/ 2008-08-19T16:22:53-05:00