  Although bloggerottesse Rebecca Blood was not among urlLink the few bloggers given press credentials for the DNC, urlLink she attended as a civilian and ended up serving as an anthropologist. What results is an uber-blogging, an observation from the corner of the room of those sent to observe from the corner of the room. Her views of the convention are great, but her views of the bloggers at the convention are stellar. She's begun posting her afterthoughts of the convention and the bloggers here: urlLink remembering rebecca :: notes on the 2004 democratic national convention : "Bill Clinton of course, simply basked in the crowd's applause when he walked on stage.
It's not just that he could read a phone book and make it inspirational--he could--but I had a strong sense that the people in the room were remembering the best times they had ever had, remembering the 90's when their man was popular and in office, and the country was prosperous and at peace. I imagine it's much the same response Ronald Reagan would have received in 2000 from a sports arena full of Republicans, had he been able to speak to them..." "I must admit, I was shocked by the blogger accommodations.
For some reason, I thought they would be placed with the press, but instead they were given two rows of tables and a row of chairs, which, because they were centrally located, they had to fight the public for. Next door, the platforms on which various television cameras were placed were designated off-limits by the very low-tech method of stringing yellow police tape to block entry. The bloggers didn't even get that. Perhaps there were enough chairs (had they been available) for 35 bloggers, but there certainly wasn't enough table space.
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