Downtime and no beer with which to pass it

8/28/08
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By Emily Ngo

Downtime and no beer with which to pass it

Photo credit: Politirazzi

(AP)

By Dan

Apparently the good stuff starts around 5 p.m. local time. Right now we've been treated to one of those slick videos, this time praising the work of Howard Dean, who introduces himself as the chairman of the party, "and I know exactly how many houses I own." Zing!

The other recent speakers have been kinda boring. Colo. Gov. Ritter sounded quite hoarse. Then a parade of local Colorado House members delivered rather bland and uninspired speeches. Even the invocation of the famous MLK line about "justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream" fell flat.

The stadium looks about half full. A lot of seats in the sun are open. Seating was done first-come, first-served, by stadium section. The sections in the shade are also the ones with the best view of the stage.

And there's no beer being sold ... WTF, Obama campaign, WTF? (David's drinking game for Obama's speech here.)

Aretha Franklin's "Think" is playing and people on the floor are bumping. I'm somewhere between inspired and embarrassed. (If you see any of the video, you'll see what I mean!)

Up on the big screens, we're invited to text the name of Sen. Obama's comprehensive early education plan to 62262. This campaign is seriously using every stadium trick in the book to get the names and cell phone numbers of everyone in attendance. I almost expect to see the Great Subway Race pop up between Al Gore and Bill Richardson's

speeches. I'm betting on the D-Train!
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