Tuesday at Take Back America

By: Shawn
Published On: 6/20/2007 7:49:40 AM

I got an early start Tuesday, at Take Back America conference--arriving at the Washington Hilton just before 6am (got to beat the traffic)  ... I did a media swing following Jim Dean, head of Democracy for America  and being followed by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend ... moderated a discussion on "Making an Impact" ... listened to low level Presidential hopefuls Mike Gravel and Bill Richardson ... attended a plenary session "The Blogosphere: From Ideas to Action ... followed by another session about conviction politics  ... then I joined thousands of progressive activists and heard from top tier candidates Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards... some might call that a full morning 

After Edwards finished I climbed on a bus and headed for a rally for the employee free choice act up on Capitol Hill ... with the rally across the street from the Russell Senate Office Building I just had to stop by Senator Webb's office and see his digs ... great to see!

Back to the Hilton and another session ... just time for a quick change before the gala reception and awards dinner ... I've got to say the award given to Progressive Bloggers (with Ned Lamont doing the intro) missed what I still think is the largest impact on politics as we know it ... the election of Jim Webb ...it was quite an evening .... 

Comments



Thanks for the report, Shawn. (Lowell - 6/20/2007 9:02:46 AM)
I stopped by for a little while yesterday, but I must have missed you.