National Demo Convention Kicks Off Tonight!

Pre-convention musings from your ever-gentle WCF Blogmeister

OK folks. The Democratic National Nominating Convention kicks off in about five hours. We'll be glued to the tube, just like all other hard-core Utah political wonks over the next four days.

Just a few political observations before the National Democratic Party convention finally goes into TEEVEE prime-time:

One commentator sez the Demos have the greatest party-partisan political advantage going into convention since the Nixon era!

• Democrats Begin Convention With Most Advantages Since Watergate

Is it possible that the Demos could blow their seeming big advantage yet again?

At least three other political commentators say Obama's candidacy might not have the easy sledding that's hoped for. Rumors persist that Hillary Clinton supporters will mess up the whole Obama coronation, and throw a wrench into Demo party unity:

• Hillary: Not out of it yet!
• Die-hard Clinton supporters to air grievances outside convention
• Clinton to have own floor whips at Dem convention

In spite of the Clinton Machine's machinations however, there is definitely good news for Democratic Party convention-goers this week in Denver. In the midst of a convention environment where convention attendees will have to deal with seriously-tightened security measures, the Denver Police will be cutting typical Democratic Party national delegates a little well-deserved slack:

• City panel to cops: Hold off on pot arrests during Democratic Convention

The Democratic Party: The party of Cheech and Chong?

We guess we'll be finding out all about THAT this week.

Pull your Barca-loungers® in front of the Big Screen, folks.

We'll be loving and looking for a good Demo intra-party political scrap during the next week; and this one's bound to be danged good fun!