July 29, 2004
Over the Top
By Byron LaMasters
America, we have a nominee tonight. I had a DCCC party for bloggers to get to, but I stayed at the Fleet Center to watch an important part of history occur. Soon after John Edwards spoke, the official nomination process began. Alabama yielded to Massachusetts in order to allow John Kerry's brother and sister read announce Massachusetts' delegates unanimous vote for Kerry. Then Alaska yielded to North Carolina to cast their votes for John Kerry. Finally, around 11:30 PM EST, the Minnesota delegation came up to vote. They yielded to Ohio, where John Glenn announced that Ohio's delegates had put Kerry over the top. Yup. The Florida of 2004 is Ohio. And if John Kerry wins Ohio, it's highly probable that he'll win the White House.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at July 29, 2004 02:00 AM
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In the Inferno, Dante places Brutus in one of the lowest planes of Hell, for the sin of being a traitor against his friend Caesar. By refusing to ask his delegates to vote for Kerry on rollcall, Kucinich has earned his own special place in the lowest pits of Hell.
Hmm... the roll call order is usually a sign of which states are considered to be the swingiest swing states.
Ohio, Minnesota, and North Carolina -- that sounds about right to me.
Seems to have been another perfectly well-executed act of political theater.
