DNC Day #2

Let’s see, what did we have today…. I missed a bit of the coverage which I will hopefully pick up later tonight. The first person I saw was Barak Obama. This was one of the big hype speakers of the day and supposedly a rising star in the Democratic party. You probably heard of him from the senate race in Illinois. He was going to be running against Ditka but then Ditka decided not to do it so now he’s running unopposed. After seeing his speech I seriously think that he could be the first African-American president. It’s clear that other people were thinking the same thing and want to see it happen because reporters wouldn’t stop asking him if he though about running. He gave the typical response that he was going to focus on the Senator job. I think if he wants the job and America is ready for an African-American president, I really think he will be the first. The man is bright, eloquent, and approachable. He is everything you could want in a candidate.


Next I saw Ron Reagan talk about stem cell research. While he clearly isn’t that great of a speaker compared to the others (he followed Obama who lit the floor on fire) he did a great job of explaining and personalizing stem cell research. Also, he didn’t really talk about Kerry – a good thing. That sort makes the science transcend politics and I think that’s what should happen. Out of all the speeches, I think his will probably bring the most voters because if you have a loved one who has a life threatening disease or you yourself have a currently incurable disease and you hear that there might be a cure if you vote for Kerry, then who do you think you’ll vote for?


I saw all of Chris Heinz’s introduction to Teresa. In my opinion he isn’t a very good speaker so I’m not even going to talk about him. I only caught the first five minutes of Teresa’s speech so I suppose I’ll write more when I hear it all.