Here's my little adventure at the RBC meeting... (I left just before the lunch break ended). Mostly anecdotal stuff, as the hard content is being well covered in other diaries. Includes pics and tidbits about media! >>>>
When I arrived, I waited in the reservation line surrounded by a bunch of hardcore Hillary supporters. I managed to keep my mouth shut and not cause any trouble :)
I saw a whole bunch of pols, politicos, and media. When I walked over to the area outside the main room, I saw Chuck Todd chatting with Hilary Rosen. I ran into Wexler, Wolfson, and the other First Read guys also.
I overheard a cameraman complaining that no one had punched someone yet. Lanny Davis and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones are major media whores. I saw Greta van Susteren standing by herself for awhile, maybe confused because Fox didn't do big coverage of the meeting? At the end I saw Plouffe joking with Chuck Todd and Roger Smith.
Now, the photos:
The press setup:
Protesters across the street, about 9am:
The room all full up:
Press mob Bob Graham:
Lanny Davis being a camera whore and stealing the camera from Graham:
Backside of the MSNBC team interview: (R to L, Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, and Robert Wexler):
Plouffe and Wolfson had a cordial chat for about 10 mins (I couldn't get them to pose, though):
The press trucks outside:
Eventually I had to go (parking meter running out), but I had a nice chat with Mark Murray on the way out.