Michelle

"Isn't she lovely?", debitam as colunas do Pepsi Center assim que Michelle Obama termina a sua emocionada intervenção. Numa curta interferência via satélite desde Kansas City, Barack Obama graceja com os delegados de Denver. "Agora percebem porque continuei a convidá-la para sair apesar de ela me estar sempre a dizer que não. E vocês querem um Presidente que seja persistente".

"One Nation" - Agenda do dia

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM (LOCAL)

Call to Order
The Honorable Howard Dean, Chair, Democratic National Committee, Former Governor of Vermont

Invocation
The Honorable Polly Baca - Greeley, Colorado, Former Colorado State Senator
President & CEO Latin American Research & Service Agency

Presentation of Colors
Navajo Code Talkers Association: Keith Little, Frank Willeto, Bill Toledo, Jimmy Begay

Pledge of Allegiance
Angela Morgan, from Alexandria, Virginia -- Served 9 years in the Marines and now runs a leadership development small business

National Anthem
Colorado Children's Chorale

Welcome
Reverend Leah D. Daughtry, Convention CEO & Chief of Staff, Democratic National Committee

Video - "Welcome to the West"

Introduction of and Report by the Credentials Committee

Introduction of and Report by the Rules Committee

Video - "Changing the Course of Our Nation"
Featuring Ashley Baia - Native of Pennsylvania and an Obama field organizer mentioned in Obama's Philadelphia speech. Know as the "sandwich girl" who, at age 9, convinced her mother she liked mustard & relish sandwiches to save money while her mother was fighting cancer. She is now twenty-three.

Introduction of Convention Co-Chairs
The Honorable Howard Dean, Chair, Democratic National Committee
The Honorable Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
The Honorable Leticia Van de Putte, State Senator, Texas District 26
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives

Turning Over the Gavel
The Honorable Howard Dean, temporary Chair of the Convention turns over the gavel to The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Permanent Chair of the 2008 Democratic Convention.

Remarks

Presentation of Platform
The Honorable Patricia Madrid, Co-Chair Platform Committee, Attorney General of New Mexico
Judith McHale, Co-Chair Platform Committee, Business Executive (former President, Discovery Communications; Board of DigitalGlobal)

Congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Honorable Joe Baca, Member of the US House of Representatives, California
The Honorable Grace Napolitano, Member of the US House of Representatives, California
The Honorable Silvestre Reyes, Member of the US House of Representatives, Texas

Remarks

Nancy Keenan, President, NARAL - Pro-Choice America

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr., State Senator, Illinois

Amanda Kubik, Young Delegate - North Dakota

Ret. Rear Admiral John Hutson, Pres. Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord - lifetime Republican

Reg Weaver, President, National Education Association

The Honorable Manuel Diaz, Mayor of Miami, Florida

Video - "Changing the Course of Our Nation"
Featuring Gabrielle Grossman, New Hampshire Obama Supporter "U2 mamma for Obama"

Remarks

The Honorable Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Illinois

The Honorable Dan Hynes, Comptroller, Illinois

The Honorable Alexi Giannoulis, State Treasurer, Illinois

Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers

The Honorable Amy Klobuchar, US Senator, Minnesota

Musical Performance
John Legend (vocals & piano) and accompanied by Agape Choir - International Spiritual Center, Culver City, CA

Remarks

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives
Permanent Chair, Democratic National Convention

Video - "First Time Delegates: Renewing America's Promise"

America's Town Hall - Economy

Remarks

Margie Perez, New Orleans jazz singer & song writer from Musicians Village

President Jimmy Carter Segment
Jimmy Carter/New Orleans Video
Acknowledgment of President Carter

Remarks

Maya Soetoro-Ng, Half-sister of Barack Obama, High School teacher - Hawaii


7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Remarks

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr., Member of the US House of Representatives, Illinois

Mike Fisher & Cheryl Fisher - Beech Grove, Indiana
Mike - Amtrak tech & Cheryl - hospital tech (hosted Obama for lunch)

Tom Balanoff, President, SEIU Local 1 (Chicago)

Senator Edward M. Kennedy Tribute
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy

Video - Edward M. Kennedy Video

Remarks

The Honorable Miguel Del Valle, City Clerk of Chicago, Illinois

Candi Schmieder, Delegate Chair, Iowa County Convention

Jerry Kellman, Hired & supervised Obama at Developing Communities Project - Chicago, Illinois

The Honorable Jim Leach, Former Republican Member of the US House of Representatives, 1st District, Iowa

The Honorable Claire McCaskill, US Senator, Missouri

Video - Michelle Obama Package

Introduction: Craig Robinson, Older brother of Michelle Obama

Remarks

Michelle Obama, Wife of Presidential Candidate Barack Obama

Benediction
Don Miller -Portland, Oregon, Best-selling author & public speaker focusing on Christian spirituality

Recess
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas

Obama rejeita financiamento público

Previsivelmente, o candidato democrata à Casa Branca, Barack Obama, decidiu abdicar do financiamento público da campanha eleitoral. Durante a época das primárias, a máquina angariadora do senador do Illinois foi a maior surpresa e (porventura) a principal responsável pelo sucesso da sua candidatura: no fulcral mês de Fevereiro, Obama conseguiu arrecador mais de um milhões de dólares em contribuições por dia.
A decisão teve imediatas repercussões políticas, uma vez que o senador do Illinois tinha anteriormente manifestado a sua intenção de respeitar as regras . Segundo esse sistema, Obama teria direito a usar 85 milhões de dólares na sua campanha. Mas pelas contas da candidatura, se os doadores que já constam na sua base de dados voltarem a contribuir, o senador pode contar com mais de 300 milhões de dólares -- uma vantagem impressionante sobre o seu avdersário republicano John McCain, cuja capacidade de atracção de financiamento está francamente abaixo das expectativas.

p.s. - Entretanto, e com um dia de atraso, aqui fica a estratégia da campanha Obama para cativar o eleitorado feminino -- não houve quem não gostasse de ver Michelle no "The View"...