This morning the day began with the alarm clock
blaring in my head. It was very hard to get up but eventually I got up and
ready to do some schoolwork. We headed to breakfast with the Georgia Delegation
and got a very special treat. Jesse Jackson gave a fiery speech at the
breakfast and prompted everyone to rise to their feet and get fired up. His speech
was short yet inspiring, he also reminded us that the Democratic Party must
remain united and reelect President Obama. Once he finished giving the speech
we went to other state delegations in order to conduct our survey. We headed to
the Maine state delegation as well as the Minnesota delegation. Both
delegations were friendly and eager to help us with our survey; they also
wished us the best of luck with our studies. After we finished with all of the
interviews we headed to the Convention Center to attend more caucus meetings.
We headed to the Youth Council where we heard from some wonderful speakers, one
of those speakers was Dr. Jill Biden. She was a graceful speaker and walked around
the room and met many people. I even got to meet her and shake her hand,
needless to say it was a wonderful experience. After attending some more caucus
meetings we headed back to the hotel so we could get ready for a watch party
later tonight. While on the way back to our van we met CNN’s Erin Burnett and
also Julian Castro. They were both very friendly and agreed to take pictures
with us which we of course took full advantage of. We headed back to hotel and
got ready to head to a watch party in South Carolina. This professor from
Wynthrope University invited us to a watch party with her college class. It was
a great opportunity and they were very welcoming. We left in time to watch Bill
Clinton’s speech back in our hotel and of course the former President hit it
out of the ball park. His phenomenal speech made a perfect pitch for the
reelection of Barack Obama. Tomorrow should be another packed day with speeches
and raw emotion here in Charlotte. This convention has so far been one of the
most remarkable experiences of my life.
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