by Josh Kalven on August 25, 2008 - 3:37pm
Click on the above image for the high-quality version. Then see if you can find Joe Biden. (Hint: He's the one with extremely shiny bald head.)
I happened to come across a BBQ stand in the middle of downtown Denver at the exact moment Biden was arriving to pick up some lunch. More pictures after the jump.
by Josh Kalven on August 25, 2008 - 11:54am
During the Illinois delegation breakfast meeting this morning, Rep. Jan Schakowsky kicked off the roster of speakers. Holding up a copy of USA Today, she read out some numbers from their recent poll, highlighting their finding that more than half of Hillary Clinton supporters are not "solidly behind Obama." Schakowsky then pointed out that if all the Democratic primary voters were to vote in the general election, Obama would win handily. She urged Clinton supporters to help make this happen and said to the crowd, "If you have trouble making the argument, I offer you two words: Supreme Court."
Watch it:
by Josh Kalven on August 25, 2008 - 9:18am
Every morning at the DNC, each state delegation holds breakfast meetings in their respective hotels. The Illinois delegation is currently assembled in a conference room in the basement of the Marriott in downtown Denver. The room is full of Democratic Illinois politicians: Speaker Michael Madigan, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Phil Hare, and Bill Foster, Senate President Emil Jones, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, as well as congressional candidates Debbie Halvorson and Jill Morgenthaler. Numerous state legislators and Chicago aldermen are also in attendance. Here's a pic of the mingling during breakfast:
And here, without a doubt, is the picture of the day:
The breakfast is over and the program is underway. After speeches by Daley, Schakowsky, International President Laborers President Terry O'Sullivan, Dan Hynes is currently addressing the audience. We'll have video from the event later today.
