NEWS FLASH: The head of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, steps down due to Wikileak emails just released. Not going to be a smooth beginning for the convention.
July 24, 2016. Today's weather remains hot and steamy. The temperature is in the high 90s and will remain so for the rest of the week. Shorts and flip-flops are the dress code. It looks like California. Today's the day that most of the California delegates arrive. Our hotel is housing 500 of us.
Committees. Over the weekend, committee hearings have been held. Both the rules and credentials committees met. I attended the credentials meeting. This is bureaucracy at its height. Hundreds of members argued over individual delegates and whether they should be seated. After a half an hour I bailed and left to get an ice cream cone. I have my priorities.