Watching The Crowd -- a mass gathering of ordinary people.

[jefferson_dem]

Sully totally nails it. Changing venues was an ace move by Team Obama! This is America! :patriot:

Watching The Crowd
from The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan by Andrew Sullivan

I'm watching the live feed on HD live-stream on my laptop. As the music plays, the cameras are panning through the crowd. Godammit but the Obama peeps have done it again. I get it now. As the regular folk get caught by the camera, you see them go nuts and wave their flags; you see black, white, yellow, young, old, men, women, gays, straights chatting and milling as they would at a concert or sports event. It normalizes an otherwise alienating political event. When you absorb the visuals, it doesn't come off like a political convention; it comes off as a mass gathering of ordinary people.

Somewhere, Saul Alinsky is grinning.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/watching-the-cr.html

[madeline_con]

1. Unlike the pasty zomboids at McCain't events.

Who look bored enough to :puke:

[MadrasT]

2. That's why it's so freakin' AWESOME!!!

:party: :woohoo:

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

3. I have thought the same thing the last few days

Democratic gatherings always look like the America I live in. I certainly can't say the same thing about Repig gatherings. I am very proud of our ticket and my party tonight. This has been one hell of a great week for the Democratic Party and for the country as a whole and there are many memories to cherish made in the last few days. :patriot: