On this side of the river, there’s not much going on conventionwise. Bookdwarf went to see Al Franken talk, and spotted the Clinton ladies at Noir, and shook hands with Madeline Allbright. But the traffic hasn’t been bad– apparently everyone who could just got out of town.
The convention does provide corroborating evidence for an idea suggested by a New Yorker profile several months ago: Barack Obama is the next great hope for this country. That, my friend, is a speech. Plus, what a name!
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