Denver Convention - Day Three

Hello all:

What an incredible set of days. While the Democratic Party has been putting together their family, my family has been busy. My daughter, Jennifer, just called and announced that we have finalized a fabulous venue for her wedding next May. For this mother, that is as important as anything happening on the floor last night.

Which just goes to prove how important family is in all of this. As is true for many of you, I feel like the Clintons are a part of my extended family and it was very emotional listening to Bill last night. He is so brilliant and just so wonderful at clarifying the situation. I needed to hear him say that he thinks that Obama is the right guy in the right place at the right time and he did. The two issues he clarified for me is that this young man may just be able to finally put racial and ethnic divides behind us. This is something I have been fighting and marching for since I was in college and if it can be done here, I am all for it.

Bill also laid out the winning strategy. McCain is not a bad man, the problem is that he and the Republican model are just plain wrong. Their solutions cause the problems (and make their cronies rich) and Democratic solutions solve them. I just pray that the party leadership can get their jealousy of Bill out of the way and realize that they are getting top notch advice from the greatest politician of our day. The hall was electric when he spoke and tears were running down the faces of many of us. The Clintons showed such generosity of spirit that all of us have a great deal to learn from them.

The word in the hall was that if John Kerry had been able to summon last night's passion for his own campaign, he would have been elected and we wouldn't be in the fix we are in. And, finally, Joe Biden - what a sweetie. I thought it was most interesting that the most important thing they could say about him was that he was a working Dad who made sure he was there for his children. You can well imagine how that resonated with the Hillary working moms in the audience. Wasn't Bo great? And, how smart to bring in Mom Biden. The Finnegans are in town! If there is a chance to take this country beyond race, these two men may just be the team to do it. It would be nice to have that problem off of the list of challenges facing the human race. I wish them well.

I did get to Barbara Boxer's party yesterday afternoon and she was very clear on how important it is for Democrats to win this election. I also met John Chiang, Controller of the State of California and congratulated him on fighting Arnold Swartzeneger for trying to fire 10,000 state workers to fix the hole he created in the state budget by creating tax cuts no one wanted or needed. When will the Republicans learn? John is looking forward to speaking before our own Newport Beach Women's Democratic Club. Let's face it - even the Mafia didn't go after people's families. The word here is that "Arnold, the Groper" is going to go after Boxer's seat. We'll see.

Thanks to my daughter-in-law, Bronwyn, for figuring out and sending the link to the Tonight Show so we could watch the Mo Rocca bit with me in it. What fun! Here it is if you watch to catch it.

http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/video/episodes

Choose August 26th and (Democratic National Convention). Select Episodes (Mo Rocca).

We are leaving for Invesco Field shortly to see the big show. Oprah was having lunch right across from us this morning with Mohammed Ali and others. The press squeeze was almost frightening. Rumors are flying about who will be there. Stevie Wonder is opening it and no one knows if Springsteen or Bon Jovi will appear. It promises to be a great party and a great show. I hope all of you enjoy it.

Time for me to get going - until tomorrow, Suzanne