Mugging Anderson Cooper
First, here’s a picture of state Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre, who is attending the Democratic National Convention as a guest and has hit all of the souvenir shops near the convention center in downtown Denver (she also bought a dog scarf that says Bark Obama).
Eason and state Rep. Jabar Shumate, a delegate here from Tulsa, told a story this morning about how Shumate and state Rep. Anastasia Pittman essentially mugged CNN anchor Anderson Cooper last night in the Pepsi Center, site of the convention proceedings, …
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Day Two: Waiting for Hillary
Oklahoma delegates to the Democratic National Convention pose this morning with their friends and family members (and some seemingly random kids on the floor _ I don’t think they belong here) at the Embassy Suites in Denver. Delegates from Nebraska are also staying at this hotel and, so far, not one fight has broken out _ and I haven’t even heard anyone say Boomer Sooner to the Nebraska folks (though I’ve been tempted).
This morning, the delegates heard from California Congressman …
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A Proud Redneck
Joe Carter, a horse vet from Norman, finds the perfect label for himself outside the gates of the Pepsi Center in Denver, where he is serving as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention.…
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And The Winners Are …
Oklahoma delegates to the Democratic National Convention held their first caucus/breakfast this morning here in Denver, at 7:30 and no one looked like they had been partying too much … yet.
The first breakfast meant the first drawing for guest seats at the Pepsi Center tonight. Though all of the delegates and alternates have reserved seats every night, the guests don’t. Oklahoma was supposed to get five passes, but Monday morning, the delegation only had four for the convention center …
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Democratic Convention Notes
Photo by Chris Casteel
With relatively few delegates, and a not-so-good track record of voting for Democrats for president, Oklahoma Democrats usually get put in the upper reaches of the arenas that host the national conventions every four years. This year will be no exception.
The Oklahoma delegation will be seated well off the floor and up in the bowl of the Pepsi Center in Denver, where the Democratic National Convention begins on Monday. Not a bad view, even though it’s not close to …
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Oklahoma Delegates Feted at Historic Steakhouse
Oklahoma Congressman Dan Boren, an avid sportsman who sits on the board of the National Rifle Association and is co-owner of a hunting ranch in Texas, found the perfect place in Denver to host a party for the state’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
The Buckhorn Exchange, which opened in 1893 and is both a restaurant and taxidermy museum, has rooms full of mounted heads of buffalo, deer, antelope and moose _ and a lot of that is on …
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Heading to Denver
Still waiting for my text message from the Obama camp as I prepare to leave for Denver and the Democratic National Convention, which officially begins Monday.
Will be staying with the Oklahoma delegation and plan to be blogging regularly.
The delegation is a mix of political pros and novices fired up for the historic nomination of Obama.
But a couple of the delegates are also honoring Oklahoma history, recognizing the presidential run of native son Will Rogers in 1928.
Delegates …
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AWOL Federal Workers
Sen. Tom Coburn released a report today that there has been a rapid escalation of AWOL federal employees during the Bush administration.
In fact, nearly 20 million hours have been lost at 18 federal agencies and departments since 2001, according to the report.
Last year alone, employees were absent without leave for 3.5 million hours at the departments and agencies that responded to a request for information from Coburn’s staff.
“Everyone knows that rule number one for any job is …
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Coburn Speaking at GOP Convention
Sen. Tom Coburn will be speaking at the Republican National Convention, which begins Sept. 1 in Minneapolis, according to a Coburn aide.
Coburn had not been planning on going to the convention because one of his daughters is getting married the following weekend in New York.
But the Muskogee Republican, whose support for Sen. John McCain gave the Arizona presidential candidate credibility among conservatives, rearranged his schedule. He will be speaking on the second night of the convention, Sept. 2.…
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Rice Camp Says Race Narrowing
State Sen. Andrew Rice, an Oklahoma City Democrat who is challenging Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, for his U.S. Senate seat, is nine points down in a new poll released by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
According to the poll, Inhofe leads Rice in Oklahoma by a margin of 50 percent to 41 percent, with 9 percent undecided. The poll was taken from Aug. 12 to Aug. 14 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent; 600 …
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