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The 2008 Democratic National Convention is going to be a first-rate, technologically savvy Convention and the first Democratic Convention to be held in the Mountain West in 100 years. Further, this Convention is more open and accessible to the American people than ever before. Here is just a few examples: First Convention since 1960, when President John F. Kennedy moved his acceptance speech to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, to open its doors to more than 75,000 people from across the country, as Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for President of the United States at INVESCO Field at Mile High. In the first 48 hours after the invitation was issued, more than 80,000 Coloradans requested community credentials for Senator Obama’s speech at INVESCO Field at Mile High on Thursday, August 28, 2008. First Interfaith Gathering to kick off Convention week. The event will include national and local clergy of different faiths, Party leaders, elected officials and local community leaders, symbolic of the Party’s desire to bring multiple communities together under its “big tent.” The gathering will also feature readings from diverse religious texts, prayers and musical selections. First Delegate Service Day, chaired by Michelle Obama and Colorado’s First Lady Jeannie Ritter, at sites throughout the Denver area allowing delegates to join together to both contribute to and celebrate the people and organizations effecting positive change and strengthening communities in the city hosting this historic Convention. First Live High-Definition Streaming of Gavel-to-Gavel Convention Proceedings via DemConvention.com providing viewers worldwide with an all-access pass to the Convention. Our online efforts will be supplemented by more than 120 credentialed blogs, a record for a national political convention, and more than three times the number of blogs at the 2004 Convention. First Complete Spanish Language Simulcast available at DemConvention.com and via broadcast networks making the Convention accessible to the more than 35 million Americans whose primary language is Spanish. All primetime Convention activities at the Pepsi Center will be simulcast. First Daily Convention Webcast, “Countdown to America’s Future,” previewing the 2008 Democratic National Convention’s evening program each day of Convention week. Hosted by rising political stars and key campaign officials, “Countdown” will be broadcast on DemConvention.com, Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) ’s Video On-Demand (VOD) and via satellite. The series of daily webcasts will feature special appearances by campaign and Convention insiders with each show providing behind the scenes information not available anywhere else. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
