2016 Postmortem

EarlG

(21,935 posts) Wed Jul 27, 2016, 03:27 PM Jul 2016

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DNC Day 2 Mega-Photo Recap!

Welcome to day 2 at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia! If you missed our mega photo recap from Day 1, you can see it here.

We began by traveling downtown once again to pick up our credentials from the Convention Center.

Where there was plenty more wackiness on display!

Credentials secured, it was time for another quick trip to Reading Terminal Market. Mmmm.... donuts.

We'd heard that the Republicans were complaining about the lack of patriotism on display at the DNC, so I figured that a picture of me holding an apple pie in front of an American flag in the center of Philadelphia ought to redress the balance.

We'd spent much of Monday getting our bearings, but now we had a better idea of what was going on we decided we had time to do a bit of sightseeing before heading to the arena. We walked from the Convention Center in the direction of Independence Hall, which took us through Chinatown...

Past this cool tunnel roof...

And the Philadelphia African American museum...

Right before we got to Independence Hall we came across the National Constitution Center where they're holding part of a citywide event about American history and politics called PoliticalFest.

We decided to stop by and take a look inside.

They had a really great museum inside with a number of interactive exhibits, and, well, we just couldn't resist.

Skinner with the Liberty Tree Eagle

High five Michelle!

I have no idea what this is, but it's super-weird.

I am not a crook!

This pretty much speaks for itself.

Who's your favorite president?

Hillary is 45!

On this wall anyone could stick a post-it note describing the first thing they would do if they were president -- very cool.

I'm not even going to comment on this.

Bronze statues of the Founding Fathers.

We found another donkey! Rhode Island this time. Only 55 more to go...

Back outside, we stumbled upon the (empty) MSNBC stage.

And across the way, Independence Hall.

Finally, the real Liberty Bell this time.

Wy didn't anyone tell us there was DLC transportation??? We could have been riding around in this all week!!!!1111

Time to head over to the Wells Fargo arena, but on the way back through the Convention Center we ran into James Clyburn just hanging out giving a speech.

After travelling over to the arena we decided to take a bit more of a look round, and discovered a ton of stuff that we didn't even realize was there yesterday. Here's Skinner with Dr. J.

And the CNN Grill. We tried to get in here but you needed an invitation. We didn't have one. The nice lady at the door asked if we knew anyone at CNN, and Skinner said, "Umm... only the people I see on my television." Needless to say we did not get in.

So we went into the arena. First media spot of the day: Clarence Page

Once again there were plenty of crazy sights to see inside the arena. Here's Uncle Sam (ish)...

And I have no idea what is going on here.

Just around the corner there was a major media scrum going on.

It was Jill Stein, who had somehow obtained credentials and was causing a general ruckus.

A bunch of security showed up and started walking her off... I thought they were actually going to kick her out.

But no, they were just escorting her back over to her chums at Fox News. Guess that's how she got in.

Our credentials for Tuesday only allowed one of us to get inside the hall itself, so while I was chasing someone who will never be president around the concourse...

...Skinner was inside the room witnessing history!

I decided this would be a good time to do some people watching, so I did some laps of the ground floor of the arena. This was where all the delegates were going in and out of the hall, so it was a great place to see folks like...

Jerry Springer

E.J. Dionne

Tom Harkin

Sander and Carl Levin

John Lewis

Elijah Cummings

Al Franken (The conversation went like this: Me: "Senator Franken! Senator Franken! Can I get a quick picture with you?" Senator Franken: "Not right now.&quot

Meanwhile Skinner stayed inside the hall and caught a bunch of great speeches by:

Terry McAuliffe

Jimmy Carter (video message)

Eric Holder

Mothers of the Movement

Howard Dean

I decided to see what was going on outside the arena.

This guy was feeling the Bern big time:

There's a large media tent outside the arena. I think this area had been occupied by protesters earlier in the day, but there was nothing going on when I got there.

The Univision treat truck seemed popular.

Back at the CNN Grill, which was actually a good spot to hang out.

So while Skinner was inside the hall watching Bill Clinton...

I was hanging out at the bar watching the Big Dog on the big screen.

At the bar I made friends with members of the Arizona delegation -- this is AZ Democratic Party Executive Director Sheila Healy and AZ State Senate Minority Leader Katie Hobbs.

They were totally awesome and very generously invited us to a party along with members of their delegation.

Actual exchange: Me to Arizona State. Rep. Ken Clark: "Hello! We've been invited to join your party." Ken: "Oh really? Which party do you belong to currently?" Me: "Uh... no, your party over at Ladder 15."

And the rest was history!

Ow, my head! More coming tomorrow! Follow our updates live on Instagram and Twitter, and I'll post another recap thread tomorrow. Thanks for reading!