What You Didn't See

I am sure you have all read our blogs about how great its been. What you haven’t read about is everything that happened “behind the scenes” to facilitate our participation. Every morning, for example, we had a full breakfast program for the MA delegation with selected speakers. My favorite moments were presentations made by former governor and presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who spoke to us on the need to do grassroots organizing for this campaign; former Congressman Joe Kennedy, who gave a rousing speech on energy; and former Congressman and presidential candidate George McGovern whose presence was truly appreciated by many long time activists in the room.

I truly appreciated the hard work and long hours it must have taken to handle the logistics of the MA delegation to the Democratic Convention in Denver I have to applaud the staff of the MA Democratic Party led by Chairman John Walsh and Executive Director Stacey Monahan. I thought they did a fantastic job with logistics for the delegates. They were up before all of us preparing the logistics of the credentials and the breakfast and went to sleep after us ensuring that we all had what we needed. What I appreciated the most, however, was that they were just as excited as we were to be there.