Ted Kennedy's Speech Convention

The Obamas at the Convention

Condom Barricade at Convention

Marc Ambinder is reporting that at one of the entrances, attendees have to make it through a wall of folks from the Trojan company dressed in yellow, yelling have a safe convention. I made up the last part.
He says the DNC is not amused.
Back to business. The Denver cheat sheet for today. There is live video up at the convention here. 

Ted Kennedy Surprise in Denver

Daily Show's billboard at Rep Convention in St. Paul

Politico is reporting that NBC is reporting that Sen. Ted Kennedy is in Denver, and depending on how he's feeling healthwise, he'll make an appearance tonight.

NBC’s Ann Curry reports that Senator Kennedy – “a liberal icon who is battling brain cancer” -- is in Denver, ahead of what convention planners hope will be a surprise appearance tonight. The plan was a secret in part because aides weren’t sure his health would permit it.

Meanwhile, the republicans have shooed Dick Cheney. After he speaks at their convention, he'll be whisked away to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine and Italy to do what Dick Cheneys do. ?

The Obama family arrives in Denver

Bruce Springsteen To Play Convention?

Update 8-27: Well, it looks like he's not. 

Rumors are flying that he will but how could he not?
Springsteen's "The Rising" is always played at Obama's events and Springsteen is a big Obama supporter.

Wapo: Fueling the speculation: the Boss has a six-day gap in his tour schedule, with no public concerts listed between Aug. 24, when he's due to perform in Kansas City, and Aug. 30, when he's set to perform in Milwaukee.

And local radio and other news outlets are reporting the Boss buzz as fact. One of the Sleuth's colleagues heard a traffic reporter on a Denver country radio station warning drivers about the traffic woes when Springsteen shows up later this week.

The Las Vegas Review Journal also is reporting that Springsteen "will follow Obama with a solo acoustic performance on Thursday after Obama's acceptance speech."

Obama Plans to Upstage McCain's Upstaging

John McCain says he's going to upstage Obama by announcing his vice presidential pick (who cares) the day after Obama gives his speech.

The Obama camp says that could be the first day Obama and Biden campaign together --and you know the media will be wanting to read the body language and listen for the gaffes and all that fun stuff.

CNN: Barack Obama campaign sources told CNN's Gloria Borger and Jessica Yellin that Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden, will have their first post-convention joint rally Friday, likely in Pennsylvania.

That's the day after Obama gives his presidential nomination acceptance speech, wrapping up the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

And it's also the same day that John McCain is expected to hold a rally in Dayton, Ohio. The conventional wisdom is that the Ohio event could be the first public appearance of McCain and his yet to-be-named running mate.

Obama sources say the joint appearance by Obama and Biden could be a good way to counter-program the Republicans.

I'm Just Selling Buttons

Ticket to Convention: Sign Up Voters

You might not have to buy a ticket to go to the convention. This is exciting.

Politico: "We're going to ask those 80,000 people in that stadium to march out of there and go with very specific instructions and goals to register millions of new voters," Hildebrand said.

The campaign announced July 7 that it would hold the final night of the Aug. 25-28 convention at Invesco Field and open Obama's acceptance speech to thousands of spectators. Official details of the so-called community credential process are expected early next week, the campaign said.

By seating the 6,000 delegates down on the field normally defended by the Denver Broncos, and by keeping the number of journalists, technicians and VIPs at the same level as those attending the Pepsi Center events earlier in the week, the campaign could bring in more than 60,000 members of the public, Hildebrand said. 

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