Jefferson-Jackson Live Feed

I have this cranked and my Republican husband has to listen to it. :D

Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.

Not much to see down here. There are candidates,elected officials, and party officers down here (including some uncommitted supers), but the more interesting scene is up in the stands

Lots of Clinton and Obama signs, but not too many for the gubernatorial candidates. I see a handful of Perdue signs but no Moore signs.

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Many I'm really glad I'm not there ... but very happy to have it virtually delivered. (I'd be ready to leave already, I'm afraid.)

For those at home without a program, here is tonight's speaking lineup:

Jim Neal
Beverly Perdue
Hillary Clinton
Kay Hagan
Richard Moore
Mike Easley
Barack Obama

A woman was holding up a sign that read, "Pray for me. I'm married to a Republican."

Oh dear goddess above, below or over yonder....I shore do know how she feels. :D

Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.

Go Jerry!

Bev's voice was a little shaky and the feed kept going in and out, but what I heard of her speech was very good. I thought Jim Neal did a good job.

I'm just glad we're not completely missing the speeches. This live feed is wonderful

You know, for all the initial complaining about the structuring of this event, I bet everyone there is happy they went.

is getting a very, very cold reception. ya almost feel bad for the guy...

gone lukewarm on Easley?

Progressive Democrats of North Carolina

PP thinks so too.

Progressive Democrats of North Carolina

but it is hard to tell b/c they don't have the mics on the crowd. He's doing a good job, though.

I'm assuming that Kay and Richard will speak after Barack Obama. I'm sure they are having to be flexible for the Pres candidates.

Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.

I really wish i was there watching Easley speak. The way he said thank you so many times and walked off the stage. It was a powerful moment. It was the end of something, and I'm not quite sure what. But it moved me in a strange way. Kind of a sad but relieving way.

somebody should have told her.

Progressive Democrats of North Carolina

needed to do something else besides her same stump speech. She had a chance to really inspire people. But she didn't.

It's called gravitas...

Which is exactly why she shouldn't be elected. It's funny because I'm watching a Walter Dalton.....Holy Hell, he just went negative on Hampton. "Another lobbyist" "Family connections"

Geez, Louise. She's awful.

when the camera pans through the crowd. I know they're having a blast.

Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.

I feel like the NC Democratic Party should use part of the profits from the JJ Dinner and take all the Democratic nominees to a communication/speechwriting camp...because I don't think anyone did really well.

Hagan was just awkward. She lacks pacing--she rushes through her notes as if she's talking to a mirror, not an actual live audience. She doesn't anticipate where the applause will come in--people would clap and she looked almost surprised. I'm still a fan of the Dorothy red slippers/Liddy Dole metaphor, though.

Neal was...eh. He's a better public speaker than Hagan, but I still find myself kind of underwhelmed by him. Plus, I didn't really get Jim Neal from his speech tonight, I got John Edwards-lite.

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There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of the comfortable past which, in fact, never existed. - Robert F. Kennedy

I'm setting up each of the videos in a separate blog post and giving them some time on the front page. After I have them all loaded I'll move the individual posts off the front page and include them all in one post. Just trying to give the candidates a little bit of face time.

I was on the floor, actually same table with Dr Frank. Lots to report. I'm sure there will be plenty of posts and photos. Highlight was meeting a soldier, former State Senator, in the middle of rotation, going back to Iraq Thursday.

Easley was booed, but it energized him to give a more passionate speech.
Moore sounded good, moreso towards the end of his speech, unfiltered by his campaign manager.
Obama and Clinton were different but great speakers.
Kay Hagan is better in person than video.
Jim Neal had a tough job opening. Did well.

Saw Brunette, Cubby, Frank Eaton, Jerimee. I was the guy with the bright tie.

Photos & commentary tomorrow.

Rather persistently.

I was sitting at the table with Larry Kissell.
Met Frank, TrueMeckdem, Leslie, Blue South, Jerimee..
Obama hit it out of the ball park. I shook His hand, so now I can never wash My right hand again.

90% of Hillary's supporters left as soon as she had spoken...rude if you ask Me.

Have to get up 5 hours from now. Have to be at local Obama HQ so I can send all the canvassers on the road. We'll be canvassing 1 0 am - 6 pm every day now.

But it was a thrill to be there.

I was glad to see Greg and hoped that it meant I'd be lucky enough to meet other blunec-ers, but boy that crowd was thick. Linda, you and I SHALL meet face to face --sooner than later!

During Kay Hagan's speech, I was sitting facing her directly, and I thought she did fine. She doesn't have the kind of personality that transforms from the person you're talking to at a meeting to a podium pounder, but she seemed quite comfortable likewise genuinely excited to be where she was.

Jim Neal did his usual great job speaking, but he did seem, as someone else noted, to be pulling off Edwards' script. Also, honestly, between his speech -- which he delivered quite well and Hagan's -- which she did struggle with a bit, I found hers more "real" somehow. She seemed more sincere, though I don't know how to say why.

I thought Perdue's speech (and I know you expect this from me, but honestly, truly, this is my impression) was so saccarine that it almost came across as a parody. When she brought that stupid jar of pennies up and talked about the little girl "who said she believed in me!" and "And I want you to know that I wrote her and told her I believed in her, too!" BLECH. Thanks for letting us know, Bev. You're such a peach.

Moore was terrific and totally natural. He talked in practical terms about the state and strategies for keeping it fiscally sound. No gooey stories about his parents or children bearing pennies.

Hillary's speech was excellent and her delivery was excellent but I got bored with it.

Easley just kills me. As disturbed as I am by the shenanigans he has pulled, as deeply disappointed as I am in this governor, he still gets credit for knowing how to turn the charm on. His voice was very raspy at points, and it squeaked several times in a way that was most un-Easleyesque, but in eight years of watching this guy, I've never seen him put so much vigor into any public speech.

And he did well with the boo-ers. He knew what to say to convert the boos to cheers by the end of the speech, and he did that.

So my Dad turned to me and said, "Is he running for Vice-President." I said, "no, no, he wants a cabinet position." Then we watched Easley pound the podium some more and Dad said, "Are you sure he's not running for Vice President?" Well, no, not sure. He certainly did exert himself.

Obama. The place just went NUTS when he came out. The enthusiasm was heady stuff. I had heard chunks of his speech before, so was able to notice how danged tired I was getting and how my dog was waiting at home to be walked, but just when I thought I'd have to wind down and sit, he'd say something else that brought me back to my feet cheering and yelling like everyone else.