From there I had a little more luck and was elected to go to our county convention at Bally's. Ughh that was a long day and I forgot to bring my camera that day. I had both Morgan and Aurora in the double stroller and they enjoyed the chanting of "Obama" and "Hillary". Aurora really wanted a Hillary pin but I wasn't able to get one from any of the Hillary advocates. We(Aurora and Morgan) got lots of comments about their Obama shirts and a couple of delegates who wanted the girls picture. Whoever planned the convention messed things up a bit. We had 8,000 show for a room only fitting 5,000. Finally after a really long day it was decided that we would have a re-do convention on April 12th. I submitted my name to go to the state and national conventions. On April 12th I got a great birthday present, I was on my way to Reno for the state convention in May.
The State convention was a really neat experience that I never thought I would ever experience. I got to see all our state Representatives speak, some definitely better than others. I got to meet people that have been life long activists and people brand new to the process. We got to hear an advocate for both candidates. Never in my life would I have thought that I would get to hear Bill Clinton speak in person. He takes up a whole room, maybe that is why some of the other speakers seemed kinda weak(Harry Reid). I was also grossly unprepared for running for a spot to the national convention. People had buttons, bracelets, and fliers all about why they needed to be sent to Denver. I wanted to go but knew I didn't have much of a chance. Aurora and Morgan got to see a little bit of this convention but they spent most of their time at the park with my mom.
I am happy that my canvassing, phone banking, and convention attending resulted in today, the inauguration of Barack Obama. I am also happy I finally got Aurora that Hillary button that I will save for her for when she gets older.
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