Tuning in on C-SPAN. Gavel will drop soon. Clinton's speech last night was awesome. Sister Simone and Sandra Fluke and Emmanuel Cleaver were also great.
Looking forward to VP Joe Biden and President Barack Obama tonight.
1:41 PM PT: Senator Kay Hagen of North Carolina comes out to speak
1:42 PM PT: Hagan, should have checked the screen before I sent that update.
1:44 PM PT: She's touting the "Research Triangle" and job creation.
1:46 PM PT: North Carolina Lt. Governor Walter Dalton
1:47 PM PT: Dalton is running for Governor in North Carolina
1:47 PM PT: He sounds really fired up.
1:48 PM PT: G.K Butterfield(NC-01). Tells GOP to stop playing games.
1:48 PM PT: "Roll up your sleeves, register voters'"
1:49 PM PT: David Price(NC-04)
1:49 PM PT: Says NC is proof that Obama's plan works.
1:50 PM PT: Mel Watt(NC-12)
1:51 PM PT: Born and raised in Charlotte.
1:52 PM PT: Lots of GOTV messages from the NC delegation
1:52 PM PT: Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy
1:53 PM PT: "I am here simply as a grandfather"
1:56 PM PT: Rogers is the first person at the DNC to mention nuclear I think.
1:58 PM PT: Video of 2008 Obama highlights on YouTube.
2:00 PM PT: Now showing highlights from after 2009.
2:02 PM PT: James Taylor with a guitar!!!
2:03 PM PT: "Carolina on My Mind". I've seen James Taylor twice in concert, and he still has it.
2:04 PM PT: that should be "Carolina in my mind". Forgot to check the song title for sure.
2:06 PM PT: I could listen to him for hours and hours. James Taylor is a national treasure.
2:07 PM PT: He thanks his fellow democrats.
2:08 PM PT: "I'm an old white guy and I love Barack Obama"
2:08 PM PT: "You've Got A Friend". A classic.
2:10 PM PT: Yeah, it's always nice to just listen to James Taylor just sing. One more song please.
2:13 PM PT: James Taylor gets huge applause.
2:13 PM PT: Oh yes. "How Sweet It Is".
2:16 PM PT: ad-libs a line about Obama. Yeah
2:16 PM PT: crowd chants the "How sweet it is to be loved by you".
2:18 PM PT: James Taylor brings down the house.
2:19 PM PT: Crowd is singing along to "I'll Take You There"
2:21 PM PT: They're dancing to it too. Very nice long musical break.
2:22 PM PT: LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Bangs the gavel.
2:26 PM PT: Presentation of Colors(Invocation just ended).
2:26 PM PT: Marc Anthony to sing National Anthem.
2:28 PM PT: rough start, great finish.
2:30 PM PT: video on seniors.
2:30 PM PT: talking about the "donut hole".
2:33 PM PT: Good testimonial on Obamacare and it closing the donut hole. And now, Carole Berman of West Palm Beach, Florida "Romney/Ryan Plan has me terrified".
2:35 PM PT: Donna Edwards(MD-04)
2:36 PM PT: "First generation graduate of Wake Forest University".
2:38 PM PT: Ended up in the ER with pneumonia after days of thinking it was a cold, and had no health insurance says Edwards.
2:39 PM PT: Barney Frank(MA-04). Too bad he's retiring.
2:40 PM PT: "Republicans afraid that my marriage threatens theirs"
2:42 PM PT: Frank mentions New Bedford and Fall River wanted commuter rail and wind energy, and got nothing under Romney. "Myth Romney"
2:42 PM PT: "I wish Myth Romney had been the governor"
2:48 PM PT: Pretty good speech by Congressman Frank and he got some really good applause
2:50 PM PT: Harvey Gantt, former mayor of Charlotte. Video remembering those who have passed.
2:56 PM PT: Alejandra Salinas from Laredo, Texas.
2:57 PM PT: "3.1 Million Americans who were uninsured can now stay on their parents' health insurance"
2:58 PM PT: "As a young LGBT Latina..."
2:59 PM PT: John Lewis(GA-05)
3:04 PM PT: He's really doing into detail about GOP voter suppression.
3:06 PM PT: Lewis leaves to roars of applause. Audience chants "Four More Years".
3:07 PM PT: Video on ending DADT
3:08 PM PT: Jason Crow, Iraqi War Vet.
3:10 PM PT: "Romney didn't mention the troops in Afghanistan even once"
3:11 PM PT: Nice music break with "Who Says You Can't Go Go Home"
3:12 PM PT: oops typed go twice. "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
3:12 PM PT: Mary J. Blige performing
3:13 PM PT: I guess she's speaking first. Then performs "One"
3:16 PM PT: It's always great to hear good performers and good songs. Republicans wish they could use these without getting C&D letters.
3:18 PM PT: I don't know the name of Mary J. Blige's second song.
3:23 PM PT: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Democratic National Committee Chair and Florida Congresswoman.
3:24 PM PT: Was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007.
3:24 PM PT: "I stand before you as a survivor"
3:29 PM PT: Good speech. Very personal too
3:30 PM PT: LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa again. Shout out to California delegation
3:31 PM PT: "When it came to tall tales, the Republican National Convention gave Hollywood a run for its money"
3:33 PM PT: "They were right about one thing: the truth was hard to find"
3:39 PM PT: Tammy Baldwin(WI-02) and Candidate for U.S Senate
3:40 PM PT: Wisconsin state motto: Forward
3:40 PM PT: Baldwin supports Buffett Rule.
3:41 PM PT: talks about Glass-Steagal, and notes that she and Russ Feingold said no.
3:44 PM PT: Pretty good speech.
3:44 PM PT: Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3:46 PM PT: talks about Romney's bad record on education.
3:49 PM PT: video on marriage equality.
3:51 PM PT: Zach Wahls of Iowa City, Iowa
3:52 PM PT: Passionate speech about family.
3:55 PM PT: video with Obama's visit to Greenwood, SC in 2008.
3:55 PM PT: where "Fired Up, Ready To Go" originated.
3:58 PM PT: Jim Messina, Obama 2012 campaign manager.
4:03 PM PT: video on auto workers
4:07 PM PT: Kenyetta Jones from Toledo, Ohio.
4:08 PM PT: 3rd appearence by LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
4:09 PM PT: Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden(son of Joe)
4:14 PM PT: Beau nominates his dad for VP.
4:15 PM PT: motion to suspend the rules to nominate Joe Biden for VP. Ayes have it, motion adopted.
4:17 PM PT: video on the job losses under Bush, and Obama turning it around.
4:24 PM PT: The Foo Fighters!
4:33 PM PT: The Foo Fighters were awesome, and brought down the house.
4:39 PM PT: James Clyburn(SC-06)
4:39 PM PT: quotes JFK about lighting candles and not cursing the darkness.
4:44 PM PT: Good speech by Clyburn. He got some good applause too. Kerry Washington, actress speaking now.
4:48 PM PT: And now Scarlett Johansson
4:52 PM PT: always nice to have Hollywood stars speaking for you.
4:54 PM PT: always nice to have Earth, Wind and Fire's "Shining Star" as musical break.
4:55 PM PT: and now Aretha Franklin "Think" to dance to.
4:58 PM PT: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Gabby Giffords.
4:58 PM PT: Pledge of Allegiance time.
5:01 PM PT: Gabby doing the Pledge was amazing and an emotional moment. Then "Born in the USA" intro for Caroline Kennedy.
5:06 PM PT: Kennedy says that Obama is the kind of politican that her father wrote about in Profiles in Courage.
5:07 PM PT: Xavier Becerra(CA-31)
5:11 PM PT: calling out the Romney/Ryan "Couponcare"
5:13 PM PT: Jennifer Granholm, former Governor of Michigan.
5:15 PM PT: Touting Obama for saving the auto industry and reminding that Romney said "Let Detroit Got Bankrupt". Made a car elevator joke.
5:16 PM PT: "The cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft". In Romney's world according to Granholm
5:17 PM PT: This is turning into a barnburner.
5:19 PM PT: That was a great speech by Gov. Granholm. And now, Eva Longoria.
5:27 PM PT: Nice speech too. Now Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer
5:28 PM PT: "That dog don't hunt".
5:35 PM PT: Schweitzer pointing out that Romney quadrupled gun fees was interesting. Hopefully he will convince independents. Now former Republican Charlie Crist, former Governor of Florida.
5:41 PM PT: Also hope that Crist will help us with independents.
5:43 PM PT: Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.
5:52 PM PT: Senator Kerry is on fire tonight. As a Howard Dean voter, I am proud of Kerry tonight.
5:53 PM PT: "Mitt Romney talks of Russia like he's only seen Rocky IV"
5:56 PM PT: Great speech by Senator Kerry. I guess he really hates Romney.
5:59 PM PT: Very good Tom Hanks video.
6:05 PM PT: Retired 4-star Admiral John Nathmen
6:11 PM PT: And now, Angie Flores, student at Miami(Dade) College
6:15 PM PT: introduces Dr. Jill Biden.
6:22 PM PT: video on Joe Biden
6:31 PM PT: Joe Biden!