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August 2008 ArchivesBy Mac Prichard, Special to kgw.com I reached the convention floor late on Monday afternoon. Howard Dean officially opened the convention for business at three o'clock, but most delegates skipped the opening and drifted into the Pepsi Center over the next hour or two. The Oregon delegation is seated up high to the right of the podium. They're not the best seats in the house (somehow we ended up behind American Samoa and... By Mac Prichard, Special to kgw.com The Oregon Bus Project, a non-project that involves young people in politics, has a big presence here in Denver. I'm on one of the Bus Project boards, so I hitched a ride downtown with the Bus's Jefferson Smith, Ian Greenfield, Lucy Palmersheim and others. They were headed to an organizing meeting to plan a Tuesday reception to promote Trick or Vote ...By Mac Prichard, Special to kgw.com Each state delegation meets every morning from 7:30 to 9:00 AM. No matter how little sleep a delegate gets the night before, everybody shows up because this is where the state party staff distributes the credentials we need to enter the convention center. There's a steady steam of speakers as we eat. DNC Chair Howard Dean was our first speaker and was followed by Senator Ron Wyden and Earl Blumenauer... By Mac Prichard, Special to kgw.com The day started early for me with a 7:30 AM interview KXL radio in Portland. Later in the day, KPAM radio called asking me to talk to a reporter even earlier at 6:00 AM on Tuesday. By Mac Prichard, Oregon Delegate The two hour plane ride between Portland and Denver provided the perfect opportunity to sort through the dozens of invitations I and other convention delegates have been receiving for the last month. Hundreds of organizations and interest groups are holding receptions, seminars and other events in Denver this week, some of them featuring the kinds of n... By Mac Prichard, Oregon Delegate Blogging is huge here in Denver and "New Media" is everywhere. About a dozen Oregonians - including delegates Paulie Brady, Jefferson Smith, Jenny Greenleaf, Moses Ross, State. Rep. Larry Galizio, Stephanie Vardavas, Andrew Simon, and me - are "microblogging" on Twitter. Others participating include Kari Chisholm, Jeff Alworth and Willie Smith. ... by Mac Prichard, Oregon Delegate Every night this week features large receptions for delegates and guests. Tonight, all 50 delegations crowded the ballroom at the Colorado Convention Center for the first of these big events. The celebration recognized Katrina relief organizations, so there was terrific New Orleans style food. After a bus ride back to our Hyatt 12 miles south of the convention center, ... By Mac Prichard, Oregon Delegate The convention attracts Democrat politicos from everywhere, so after the interfaith service on Sunday I wasn't surprised to run into Peter Slutsky, a former Kerry campaign organizer in Oregon who ran Multnomah County in 2004 and now lives in Washington, DC. Peter is making a film, "The Delegates", tracking the experiences of four delegates over the next four days. Pet... by Mac Prichard for KGW.com Four of us from the Oregon delegation - Nancy Webber, Becky Gladstone, Loyd Henion - made the 25-minute drive downtown on Sunday in Nancy's rented car to attend the convention's interfaith service. Becky navigated us there perfectly using downloaded Google directions on her cell phone. Remarkably, we found a parking space across the convention center.
The highlight of the ... Mac Prichard is a delegate from Oregon, attending the Democratic Convention. He'll be blogging daily from the convention in KGW's Talk of the Town blog: Arriving in Denver I just arrived in Denver after sharing a United flight here with three other Oregon politicos: Julia Pomeroy and James Koski of Earl Blumenauer's office, and State. Rep. Sara Gelser, the chair of ... Mac Prichard is an Oregon delegate attending the Democratic Convention this week. Prichard has pledged to Barack Obama. He'll be blogging daily in KGW's Talk of the Town blog during the convention sharing his experience. ... |
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