Sadly, no brimmed straw hats were involved, but in any event, the 2008 Guilford County Democratic Convention (as did conventions in all 100 North Carolina counties) occurred Saturday morning. The main lecture hall on Guilford Tech's campus was the site for Guilford County's: 3 & 1/2 hours of candidates, resolutions, and voting.
All sorts of elected (and hoping-to-be) officials made an appearance at our convention. This took up a good portion of our time. Everyone from Congress to Governor to State Senator to County Commissioner to Auditors to Judges made their case and/or plea for support. 40+ people were given one minute to speak, but as politicans go they generally do not understand the meaning of speaking for only one minute. The Parliamentarian basically threw up his hands and allowed 3 minutes each.
The House of Gordon's Congressman Mel Watt made an appearance from Washington, as did another Greensboro congressional representative Brad Miller.
Our current Lt. Governor running for Governor, Bev Perdue, stopped by. This in itself was a feat in that again, all 100 counties had their conventions today, so an actual appearance by the candidate and not a surrogate was an honored touch.
Chris's "girlfriend" from way back from his Pop the Cap grassroots law-changing campaigning sadly could not appear, but her surrogate read a touching letter in her stead. Kay Hagan is not running for a NC Senate re-election this year so that she can run against the ever-so-worthless Elizabeth Dole (R) for the U.S. Senate seat. Kay all the way!
Resolutions were then read and voted on, ranging from the party's approval of two school bonds on our upcoming ballot, to the children of undocumented immigrants receiving in-state college tuition breaks, all the way up to the Michigan/Florida primary mess.
All in all, it was an interesting view into the inner-workings of politics and moving one step closer to the National Convention in Denver.
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