Some of what I couldn't live blog; Aimee Tabor of the Burlington Hawkeye had the best roundup. Points to Team Loebsack for the Tom Petty, though I still hope someday someone will use "New Day Rising" by Husker Du.
This post has been rewritten about three times and was mangled by a cat on the keyboard. Anyway here's a couple notes from some JC Dems who stuck out the day.
Carl Fongheiser:
The dreaded resolution from the district platform chair (the one
requiring that county platforms submitted to the district be under 3000
words) was brought up and passed after a vocal debate. The election of
delegates to the state platform committee was also a very painful affair.
Governor Vilsack gave a very nice speech. He hung around to talk to
people, and I think he shook everybody's hand. He assured everyone that
whoever ends up being the gubernatorial nominee will have a substantial
check waiting for them.
The roots of the platform battles and the subtext of Johnson County bashing has roots in 1994 when we actually got gay marriage into the platform (in 1994!) and Bonnie Campbell felt the need to not just ignore the platform but formally repudiate it. The platform process changed dramatically in 1996. I suppose the only recourse is to vote NO on final passage and just not have a platform...
Monday update in from Robin Roseman:
There were microphones for delegates to speak at which nobody could make work, which hampered everyone's ability to speak for or against the amendments, and had the overall effect of squelching participation. Sometimes it seems that the party is in a time-warp, stuck in the past, and not just technologically. We hung in there all day and hopefully made at least a little bit of a difference...
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