Day Six | Second Day of the Convention

Denver,CO
Broadcasting Live from the Pepsi Center

I got to sleep in this morning, that is until 5am when my alarm went off. Its an odd day in that most of the focus is not on Barack Obama, its on the runner-up. Most runner-ups don't garner nearly this much attention, but whenever you dethrone a queen from her rightful preach, don't except her or her supporters to go away quietly. Today show was fun, we had John Nichols on and he gave great insight as usual. Most people seemed pretty happy with Michelle Obama's performance last night. Although, I kind of long for the day when we use to focus on issues. Actor David Keith was a surprise visitor, he was in an Officer and a Gentlemen, Brubaker, and CSI Miami. He was speaking on behalf of Project Innoncence which raises money to help kids stay safe from child predators. State Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass, her exuberance is contagious. She was actually excited to see a presentation from Actor Fran Drescher. Its hard to compete with Fran, but I gave it my best shot.

After the show today, my producer Dylan and I went to see what was happening on the street and we ran smack dap into an anti-abortion protest led by none other than, Randall Terry. You may remember him from Operation Rescue. They were planning on getting arrested and the Denver Police responded with a free ride in a paddy wagon. Also had a chance to meet Willie Geist, co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, great guy who was glad to meet people from Madison, his sister went to school here. Last but not least, professional protestor Ben Masel was holding up a sing that said, "STOP GOVERMENT SPYING". He'd been on the show early today and he gave us a great tutorial on the dos and dont's of protesting. I'm going back to my hotel room because its probably best I'm not in the Pepsi Center at the same time as the She Devil.