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« on: July 25, 2016, 01:18:42 PM »
From a MSNBC producer

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« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2016, 01:49:52 PM »
I imagine the delegates inside the hall aren't like the fans outside the hall, but they are still Berners and this is probably their first DNC ever. If you are a delegate and especially the ones that arent on any of the committees, being on the floor is their only opportunity to get their voices heard. 

Does Sanders have a whip operation on the floor and is it any good?  Does he want them to play nice? I guess we will find out. 
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« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2016, 01:59:43 PM »
According to the schedule on the CSPAN site, the primetime network hour (10-11pm) will be
Michelle Obama
Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders

(in that order)


Will Michelle in any way address the Melania thing?  Maybe a joke about it? 
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« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2016, 02:48:22 PM »
schedule updated again


    4:00PM EDT
    Governor Dan Malloy (Connecticut)
    Representative Raul Grijalva (Arizona)
    Representative Linda Sanchez (California) and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
    Lee Saunders, AFSCME
    Lily Eskelsen Garcia, National Education Association
    Mary Kay Henry, SEIU
    Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO
    Sean McGarvey, Building and Construction Trades
    Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers
    Pam Livengood
    Senator Jeff Merkley (Oregon)
    Karla and Francisca Ortiz
    Astrid Silva, Immigration Advocate
    Anastasia Somoza
    Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal and candidates of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee


    10:00PM EDT
    First Lady Michelle Obama
    Representative Joe Kennedy (Massachusetts)
    Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts)
    Representative Keith Ellison (Minnesota)
    Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)
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« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2016, 03:19:26 PM »
she forgot to gavel...lol
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« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2016, 03:31:35 PM »
A Bernie delegate on MSNBC says they want the supers to vote for Bernie.  How does that jibe with their moves in the rules committee to get rid of supers or make them vote with their state?  Surprised the reporter didn't ask him about that disconnect.
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« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2016, 04:03:51 PM »
OK everyone, stop with personal attacks
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« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2016, 04:19:09 PM »
Chuck Todd (on Sanders): maybe he doesn't have control of his delegation

Also notes the Sanders campaign realizes "it has got out of hand" and there movement behind the scenes to try to get his delegates under control. 

Good luck with that. I think part of the problem is that most of these people are first time delegates and I think a good number of them only registered as Dem for Bernie but are really Greens or indies. Sanders was their ticket in maybe, but now that they are in they are going to do what they do regardless of what he says.
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« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2016, 06:03:41 PM »
just saw row of Bernie supporters with Bernie stickers on their mouths. I guess they are protesting being whipped to not boo. Net result is the same
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« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2016, 06:09:02 PM »
After Sanchez it looks like about an hour or so of all unions all the time...

 
Lee Saunders, AFSCME
Lily Eskelsen Garcia, National Education Association
Mary Kay Henry, SEIU
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO
Sean McGarvey, Building and Construction Trades
Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers
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« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2016, 07:18:53 PM »
not sure how they are going to handle time management. Bernie was supposed to go on about an hour from now but he was moved to the closing spot.  Now they have Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie all in the final hour, plus both Warren and Sanders have speakers introducing them.  And there are there is only one more speaker immigration-issue speaker listed on the CSPAN schedule and then nothing until 10pm.

Are they going to move Michelle into the 9pm-10pm hour? If not, they are probably going to have a big gap before 10 and then go over past 11.
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« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2016, 02:31:40 PM »
Here is the schedule at CSPAN (it may not be complete)

    4:00PM EDT
    Former Senator Tom Harkin (Iowa)
    Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (Kentucky)

    5:00PM EDT
    Roll Call of the States
    Governor Terry McAuliffe (Virginia)

    7:00PM EDT
    Representative Nancy Pelosi (California) and Democratic Women of House
    Former State Senator Jason Carter (Georgia)
    Video Message from President Jimmy Carter
    Senator Chuck Schumer (New York)
    Thaddeus Desmond, Child Advocate
    Dynah Haubert, Attorney
    Kate Burdick, Attorney
    Anton Moore, Unity in the Community
    Dustin Parsons, Elementary School Teacher
    Daniele Mellot
    Jelani Freeman, Attorney
    Donna Brazile
    Students from Eagle Academy
    Former Attorney General Eric Holder
    Chief of Police Cameron McLay (Pittsburgh)
    Tony Goldwyn, Actor
    Mothers of the Movement
    Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Action Fund
    America Fererra and Lena Dunham, Actors
    Mayor Steve Benjamin (Columbia, SC)
    Senator Barbara Boxer (California)
    Debra Messing, Actor
    Joe Sweeney, Former NYPD Detective
    Lauren Manning
    Representative Joe Crowley (New York)
    Erika Alexander, Actor
    Ryan Moore
    Former Governor Howard Dean (Vermont)
    Senator Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)
    Ima Matul, Sex Trafficking Survivor
    Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

    10:00PM EDT
    Former President Bill Clinton
    Meryl Streep, Actor
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« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2016, 04:12:28 PM »
Quote from: Gass3268 on July 26, 2016, 04:10:59 PM
Reporter from Roll Call:

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« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2016, 09:25:38 PM »
Contrast this speech to all of those from Trump family members last week. 
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