Thursday, August 28, 2008

it’s all about the party

bill rappleye

convention, what convention

the problem with working at these national conventions, is that i have missed the main part of the occasion.  The parties!  i arrive at these delegate breakfasts all bright eyed, sitting with slow moving and heavy lidded delegates and guests.  Sure they want to discuss the speeches from the day before, and yes, there’s quite a bit of chatter about how the strategy of the campaign is reflected in the show at the Pepsi Center…but the good stuff is the huddled conversations about who saw who at which party…“oh Harold Ford was at the club..did you see James Taylor?...we went to the Massachusetts party, but it was a dud…did you get into the sold out concert?“  We’re out of town.  The delegates are away from their jobs.  During the day, they’re lining up what they’ll be doing at night.  No deadlines for these folks.  Now I’ve got that off my chest, I’m going up to the delegates’ breakfast.  To find out what I missed again last night.