Kathleen Sebelius said it best – it was a beautiful day, and God, well, she obviously loves Democrats!  Somewhere between sixty and eighty thousand people turned out to see the next president at the Liberty Memorial.

The Show Me Progress bloggers were just about the first press people through the gate, and snagged a prime spot – corner of a front table, close to the riser so we could get some good pictures, and settled in to wait for the speechifyin’ to start.  When it starts with Emanuel Cleaver, you need to buckle up.  That is one man I would not want to follow to the podium, because the man throws down, there is just no other way to put it.

 

And Ike Skelton, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, was next up – he doesn’t have Congressman Cleaver’s delivery style, but what he has to say is, to a word, brilliant and ought to be listened to and heeded.

I was grateful for the risers because the crowd in front of the press was excitable and waved those signs and whooped and hollered and let their spirit and enthusiasm  show.  Glad to see the excitement for our candidate, tho!

The next president of the United States.  He spoke to the crowd for just a little under an hour, and had to stop several times while the crowd erupted, chanting his name.  I don’t get excited about this stuff – and I was blown away.  It was the largest rally the city has ever seen, and I was pleased to be a part of it.