11:07 PM: That's enough for tonight. Time to rest up for the first day of professional development. Oh, joy.
11:04 PM: What was genuine now becomes posturing and pontificating as Dems like Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. are paraded out to tell us everything we just heard. And he makes sure to tell us that Obama's family is just like those hard working families in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan. Coincidence? I think not.
10:57 PM: Olbermann - "I'm beginning to sound borderline sycophantic about this." Tell us something we don't know, Keith. Meanwhile, Chris Matthews is looking for Keith's hairspray.
10:53 PM: Standing O for Michelle, and she's played off with Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" - excellent speech. Youngest daughter Sasha is stealing the show - "Hi, Daddy! Daddy, what city are you in?"
10:40 PM: There's nothing terribly special about Michelle Obama's speech, but she's engaging and authentic. There's nothing "elite" about her. Just a hard-working American mom.
10:25 PM: Michelle Obama's intro via video. MSNBC's graphic is in the way of identifying any of the people who are singing her praises. We find out from her brother Craig that she's memorized every episode of "The Brady Bunch" - if that doesn't scream "family values," what does?
10:14 PM: It's a windy night in Denver. But Olbermann's hair will not budge.
10:11 PM: Panel discussion with Rachel Maddow (so glad she's getting her own show on MSNBC) turns into cheerleading for Countdown with Keith Olbermann by a screaming mob. This is journalism? Maddow does make a good point: John McCain's use of noun-verb-"I was a POW" is getting old. His service to the country is to be commended, but the overuse of his time in the Hanoi Hilton is similar to Rudy Guiliani's reliance on 9/11 in every one of his stump speeches.
10:08 PM: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (sp?), who "literally" was a member of Students for Joe Biden in college, tells Chris Matthews at least 6 times about the "historic candidacies" of Obama and Clinton.
9:45 PM: Now we know how the battle between Obama and Clinton delegates will end. Both will be nominated, and a few delegates will be able to cast their votes for Clinton before she declares Obama the official nominee.
9:43 PM: Senator Ted Kennedy left the stage a few minutes ago after a moving speech. His presence in Denver while battling brain cancer could be one of the more emotional aspects of the convention. On the other hand, the music playing him off sounded like a riff on the "Full House" theme. Probably not a great idea to play a tepid version of "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang, either.
Note: I'll try to post while watching the week's events in Denver and I plan to give equal time to the festivities in Minneapolis next week.
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