I’m still down in the blogger bowels — the hall itself is so packed, they’re turning people away. I haven’t been up there recently, but I don’t want to lose my excellent spot (and working internet!) here in the lounge. Judging by the number of high-profile bloggers down here, it seems the place to be. Kerry just gave a more animated speech than I’m used to seeing from him. His line about McCain’s reversals on tax cuts and immigration — "talk about being for something before being against it" got a big rise out of this crowd.
Gonna post this while I can… other people here say their internet connections are cutting out (sigh).
7:53pm — Another huge line from Ret. Navy Admiral and former Repub John Huston: "The Grand Old Party is no longer grand, it’s just old." Got a big "Ohhh!" down here.
8:13pm — Anyone who mentions The Flight Suit, as Iraq War vet Tammy Duckworth just did, is OK in my book.
8:18 — That "YEEEEEEEEEAH!" from the speaker from Delaware just cracked everyone up.
8:32 — Going to try to get on the floor…
9:28pm — Well, I got on the floor all right. Just as Barack Obama came out to ear-splitting applause, medics dropped a collapsed man right in front of me. For a few minutes I wasn’t sure whether he was alive, but then he started breathing visibly. Between the ecstatic roaring of the crowd and my horror at what was happening in front of me, that was one of the most bizarre emotional moments of my life.
Signing off for now…