Blog from 2008 Democratic National Convention http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider Join Nicholas student Betsy Albright as she travels to Denver as one of North Carolina's elected delegates to the Democratic National Convention daily 1 2008-08-29T15:31:42Z Final Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/betsysblog/final I’m back in Durham, exhausted and with a suitcase full of clothes that should be dry cleaned (Did the convention calculate THAT into its environmental footprint???). No publisher Betsy Albright Blog entry Cool Environmental Stuff http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/betsysblog/coolenv Thursday morning, before the North Carolina delegation headed to Mile High Stadium for the convention’s final day, I wandered around Downtown Denver to check out what’s going on outside the convention hall. No publisher Betsy Albright Blog entry From the Convention Floor http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/betsysblog/floor It’s been a long and busy day, but right now, the atmosphere inside the convention hall is electric. All of the delegates were sent a text earlier telling us to get to the Pepsi Center ASAP for the roll-call vote.... No publisher Betsy Albright Blog entry A Busy First Day http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/betsysblog/firstday Wow. That one word really sums it up. The ability to hear so many of our nation’s top elected officials in one day is nothing less than an incredible honor, really something that I’ll never forget. No publisher Betsy Albright Blog entry I've arrived http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/betsysblog/denver Sunday Night. I’m in Denver where the chill of the humidity-free mountain air provides a much needed break from a sweaty summer in Durham. I’ll be headed to bed shortly so I can wake up at the crack of dawn to make it to breakfast with all the other North Carolina delegates No publisher Betsy Albright News Item The Countdown Has Begun http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/betsysblog/countdown The countdown to the Democratic Convention has begun—two weeks from today it kicks off. Back in June, I was elected at the North Carolina State Democratic Convention to be one of the state-wide delegates pledged to Obama at the National Democratic Convention. No publisher Betsy Albright News Item