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Inching toward the main event

Governor Bill Richardson spoke, Stevie Wonder's about te sing, the floor is so crowded that fire marshals are setting limits...  The evening is getting closer to Obama's speech time.  There are still some empty seats, but the majority are filled.. The majority are from the community, the floor is filled with delegates, and floating around are VIPs and some celebrities.  We've seen Spike Lee, Jennifer Hudson, and that guy from Lost.

Invesco! It's getting crowded

Secret Service atop Invesco

Long lines at Invesco

People are streaming into Invesco Field! Some say lines are at least
an hour long

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Counting Down

It has been billed as the biggest speech of his political career.  And the convention has certainly been building up that way.  In just a few hours, Sen. Barack Obama will make a historic speech at Invesco Field, and more than 70,000 people will be in attendence. 

It's going to be a long day any way you slice it.  Denver TV stations have spent all morning telling people that streets are highways are beig shut down. The lucky people with tickets  are already filing into the stadium.  And the media? It's going to be a long day and night.  Stay tuned!

Invesco is (almost) ready

A Lot of people worked some really long hours overnight to get the media sections up and running!

Obama's nominated.. now the speeches...

With the roll call over, the speeches have begun.. We're waiting to hear from former President Bill Clinton, and of course, VP nominee Joe Biden.  It's going to be another interesting night.

Obama and Clinton officially nominated

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are officially nominated. Now comes
the roll call votes!

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Ballot voting at delegation hotel

Texas delegates crowd in for a chance to cast their ballot. A roll
call vote will follow on the floor this afternoon.

Texas delegates vote in hotel

There appeared to be some confusion this morning over the roll call vote that's suppose to happen on the floor of the convention center. During the daily delegation breakfast, members were informed that a voting area had been set up in the hotel. After breakfast, delegates crowded around two tables to vote for either Clinton or Obama. The Obama folks seemed perfectly happy. However, some Clinton delegates are concerned that a vote in the hotel will mean no real "floor" vote. They are holding off real anger for now. They want to see what happens this afternoon on the floor. But, some Clinton supporters are worried they won't get the ceremonial votes recorded.