Monday, August 18, 2008

It's getting close-

The roster for the Democratic Convention looks pretty well filled-out, and it looks like four days of major bloviation:

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Denver's last (big) presidential convention was 100 years ago, when the Democrats
nominated William Jennings Bryan for the third time.

The Democratic Convention Lineup

Monday, Aug. 25

HEADLINE SPEAKER Michelle Obama, wife of the presumptive nominee, Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois

OTHER SPEAKERS Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, speaker of the House and permanent chairwoman of the convention; Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri; and Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama’s brother

Tuesday, Aug. 26

HEADLINE SPEAKER Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York

OTHER SPEAKERS Former Gov. Mark Warner of Virginia will deliver the keynote address.

Wednesday, Aug. 27

The vice-presidential acceptance speech

OTHER SPEAKERS Former President Bill Clinton; Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico; Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana; Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware; Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia; Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader; Senator Ken Salazar, the convention’s home state senator; Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, the House majority whip; Representative Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania; Tammy Duckworth, the director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and an Iraq war veteran

Thursday, Aug. 28

Mr. Obama’s acceptance speech

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