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OneAngryDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:09 PM
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Day-by-day convention schedule
Source: The Associated Press

MONDAY

Theme: "One Nation."

Headline prime-time speaker: Michelle Obama.

Others: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; former President Carter; Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar; Maya Soetoro-Ng, Barack Obama's half-sister; Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's older brother; Jerry Kellman, Barack Obama mentor and friend; Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.; former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton; former Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa; Tom Balanoff, president of the Service Employees International Union Illinois State Council; Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America; Reg Weaver, president of the National Education Association; Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers; Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan; Illinois State Comptroller Dan Hynes; Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias; Chicago City Clerk Miguel del Valle; Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper; and Miami Mayor Manny Diaz. Monday also features a tribute to Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.



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eagertolearn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:39 PM
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1. What time does this all start? n/t
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 07:58 AM
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2. Think it starts at 5pm EDT.
At least that is when CSPAN plans to start its live coverage. The delegates generally have meetings and other sessions during the day and the speakers come on in the evening.
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eagertolearn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:08 AM
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3. Thanks. My daughter got to meet Kunich yesterday at the Denver airport!
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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 12:21 PM
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4. Thanks for posting. I'm so GLAD Ted Kennedy will be there...
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OneAngryDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 08:32 PM
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5. TUESDAY
TUESDAY

Theme: "Renewing America's Promise."

Headline prime-time speaker: New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Keynote address: former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner.

Others: Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy; Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr.; House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel; California Reps. Xavier Becerra, Linda Sanchez and Mike Honda; New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez; Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin; District of Columbia Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton; Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius; West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin; Iowa Gov. Chet Culver; Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle; Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer; Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick; Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano; Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell; Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland; New York Gov. David Paterson; Federico Pena, former secretary of energy and transportation and former Denver mayor; California State Controller John Chiang; Anna Burger, chairwoman of Change to Win; AFL-CIO President John Sweeney; Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards; Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman; Lilly Ledbetter, who took a pay-equity case to the Supreme Court; Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland; Sen. Barbara Boxer of California; Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana; Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln of Arkansas, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri; and Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.

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OneAngryDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 08:32 PM
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6. ...
Edited on Tue Aug-26-08 08:33 PM by OneAngryDemocrat
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