I was listening to NPR today, picking up bits & pieces of the DNC. A few minutes after I clicked the radio on, they had a clip of Hillary Clinton, in front of the NY delegates, calling to "suspend the procedural rules...I move that Senator Barack Obama of Illinois be selected by this convention by acclimation as the nominee of the Democratic Party of the United States!" The crowd behind her completely drowned her out for a second, before Nancy Pelosi called for a second to the movement and the crowd roared again. "All those in favor, say aye," and the thousands of delegates all did.
I couldn't find the right clip online to hear it again (here is a little bit, only of Clinton & not Pelosi sadly), but I literally got chills all up & down my body, & actually teared up a little. Good lord, but I really am hopeful.
(ETA: Here's a YouTube link of the whole part I heard--go watch. It really is thrilling!)
I couldn't find the right clip online to hear it again (here is a little bit, only of Clinton & not Pelosi sadly), but I literally got chills all up & down my body, & actually teared up a little. Good lord, but I really am hopeful.
(ETA: Here's a YouTube link of the whole part I heard--go watch. It really is thrilling!)