Tuesday Afternoon Is Neverending...

We got a whopping 5 hours sleep, and hit credentials at 6:30. Our prize of the day was a BNSF towel, and NARAL goodie bags. Our breakfast speakers included Sen. Patty Murray! Great way to start the day. Tanisha and I, and many others, headed out on the bus to the convention center to attend the Womens Caucus. What a line up! We heard from Nancy Pelosi, Stephanie Schriock from Emily's List, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN), Donna Brazile, Ashley Judd, Cecile Richards, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Valerie Jarrett, Nancy Keenan from NARAL, Kathleen Sebelius, and Sandra Fluke. Well worth the morning.

The big adventure of the day was getting to the Planned Parenthood rally. After a detour due to another (anti war) rally, we made it to the event a little bit late. We were harassed the whole way by chubby men with microphones telling us we were all going to hell, and surrounding us with their 'abortion porn'. All the Tshirts were gone (they were cool, I was disappointed). We got signs, and some condom packs for the girls that said Protect Yourself from Romney/Ryan. Lots of pink. Lots of women. In front of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. And near the Fox News stage. Nice.

After that drama, we light railed back to the hotel, ate some lunch, and geared up for the session. Or ungeared, as it turned out as I attempted to minimize my carry alongs and left my phone behind accidentally. And a pen. We took the DNC bus, for a change, and it was a good decision. We were dropped of right by the Time Warner Arena.


The Tuesday speakers were great, including Corey Booker, Deval Patrick, Tammy Duckworth. Joe Kennedy III introduced a fabulous video tribute to his Uncle Ted. Stacey Linh gave testimony to the importance of Obamacare as she spoke about her young daughter Zoe, who has needed heart surgeries since birth. They led us up to Joaquin Castro introducing his twin, Julian, mayor of San Antonio, the youngest mayor of a major US city. Joaquin is running for Congress. We will be served well by these two wonderful young men. Our young Democrats give me great hope for the future.

But the prize of the night went to Michelle Obama. What a First Lady we have! Bill and Hill were quite the first couple. But look out for Barack and Michelle. We are indeed lucky Americans to have them as our President and First Lady. By now you've all heard the speech or at least read about it. I wish everyone would listen to it.