Yale on the Trail

The Connecticut delegation posed for a group photograph at the Marriott Tech Center following breakfast this morning. Can you spot who’s missing?
By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 10:48 a.m. — After they had breakfast at their hotel this morning, members of the Connecticut delegation to the Democratic National Convention migrated toward the lobby to take what Senator Christopher […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 12:09 a.m. — Strolling down a sidewalk downtown Tuesday, I suddenly noticed two television cameramen cross the street ahead of me and, cameras in hand, break into a full sprint in my direction.
This is odd, I thought.  I am usually famous enough to only attract one cameraman, not two.
So I looked around.  […]

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My stellar view from my seat inside the Pepsi Center made blogging about Tuesday’s speeches a real treat.
By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER — Welcome to day two of the Democratic National Convention.  We are live from the Pepsi Center, where Senator Hillary Clinton LAW ‘73 will address delegates — and a national television audience — at approximately […]

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Outside the Pepsi Center this afternoon: Free vanilla ice cream (your choice of one scoop or two), with whipped cream and red, white and blue sprinkles, all courtesy of Wolf Blitzer and company.

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 4:39 p.m. — Like many other Democrats, Eleanor Holmes Norton GRD ‘63 LAW ‘64, Washington’s non-voting member of the House of Representatives, came here this week to push for change.
But Norton has one specific change in mind: to give residents of the District of Columbia a vote in Congress.  And electing Senator […]

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Dan Schneider (left), a Clinton delegate from California, tried to convince other delegates to rally behind Senator Barack Obama.
By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 2:32 p.m. — With pundits bloviating about the so-called split in the Democratic Party, Dan Schneider was mad as hell, and he wasn’t going to take it anymore.
During a question-and-answer session during the Democratic […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 11:09 a.m. — It turns out we haven’t seen the last of Howard Dean ‘71 this week.  The Democratic National Committee chairman will speak Thursday night before Senator Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for president, convention organizers announced today.
Other speakers will include several congressmen as well as Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, […]

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DENVER, 2:20 a.m. — On stage before a throng of sweaty youth, Representative Kendrick Meek of Florida pulled a microphone close to his mouth. He had already emphasized the importance of registering to vote. Now, he said, it was time to welcome “the Fall Out Boys.”
Close enough. The hundreds that filled the Ellie Caulkins Opera […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 10:45 p.m. — Little did I know how excruciatingly boring a political convention is during the many hours not shown during primetime. So this afternoon I had some time to explore the Pepsi Center, the arena where the Democratic National Convention is being held this week.

View of the floor from the nosebleed […]

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DENVER, 9:27 p.m. — Observations from Denver on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.

You might be asking: “What did the Connecticut delegation do today?”  I’m wondering, too.  You see, members of the delegation had a breakfast at their hotel this morning, an event I planned to cover. This was easier said than done. […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 6:05 p.m. — Yesterday was a failure in my ongoing quest to chronicle the pseudo-celebrities who have flocked to the Democratic National Convention. But today, there have been a few promising developments.
First, walking around the club level of the Pepsi Center is essentially like shooting fish in a barrel when it comes […]

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DENVER, 6:00 p.m. — When Amy Klobuchar ‘82 was elected to the Senate two years ago, she packed up an old shower curtain and a dinnerware set from her days in Jonathan Edwards College.  Then Klobuchar, her husband and daughter piled into their Saturn and made the long haul to Washington.
But Senator John McCain, Klobuchar […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 3:10 p.m. — This is the first presidential election in 24 years missing an Eli from the top of a ticket, but that doesn’t mean the Democratic National Convention will be totally bereft of Yale graduates.
Most notably, Senator Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 and her husband, Bill, are scheduled to speak this week. […]

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DENVER, 3:01 p.m. — With three bangs of his gavel, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean ‘71 officially opened the convention.
“During our national convention, we will demonstrate to all Americans why we need Barack Obama and Joe Biden in the White House,” he said. “Looking out from this podium tonight, I see this diverse assembly […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 2:23 p.m. — This winter, the musical artist known as will.i.am was feeling blue. His single album had flopped. He had a falling out with his manager.
Then came the song that changed it all.
Six months after the Black Eyed Peas frontman gave the campaign of Senator Barack Obama a shot in the […]

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