The Best Night Yet

Each session, I decide is the best one yet. Nothing can top it. Wrong...the session we had today was the best ever. OMG we had everything, including hometown heroes.

The first order of business was the placing in nomination of Barack Obama for President of the United States. The name was put into play by our own Debbie Wassserman Schultz. I am President of Debbie's home club, so it became a particularly personal moment for me. I was very proud.

Once that was taken care of we had the roll call vote. The vote was stopped when it got to New York as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton moved that we nominate Barack Obama by acclamation, thereby ensuring a show of a united party to all the outsiders. The roll call vote was exactly the way it appears in the movies, with each state touting itself and then announcing it's totals. When Hillary came to her state's mike, the room went crazy.

John Kerry came out and reinforced the damage that was done to him and that we will never allow to happen again. He was followed by Melissa Etheridge who tore the house down with her music. Another favorite Florida son, Representative Robert Wexler spoke next with his passion for Obama and why our country needs him.

Finally, the moment we were all waiting for. President Bill Clinton was the next speaker. Bill Clinton was introduced by our own Kendrick Meek. Another feather in South Florida's cap. President Clinton aced his speech and nailed exactly what we needed. He placed Barack Obama at the helm of the country and likened the campaign to his campaign. The Clinton's were the stars once again.

Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana followed and charmed us with his charismatic personality. I had a chance to speak with him. He thanked me for my efforts in Florida and I thanked him for his efforts for the country.

By this time, the room was rocking. We were all dancing and carrying on and because of the placement of the delegation, the media was with us the whole time.

Representative Pelosi then came out and asked for a motion to accept the nomination of Joe Biden for Vice President. The room screamed out the motion and when it came to seconding, my son told me that according to CNN I was the one who seconded the name of Joe Biden. How did we ever live without text messaging?

Beau Biden, Joe's son and the Attorney General for the State of Delaware came out to introduce his father following a biography of Joe Biden. He is an amazing person and an absolute man of the people. By the way, his wife is a teacher and still teaches. He spoke beautifully and eloquently about the need for change in our country. He talked about his son, who is leaving for deployment to Iraq in October. We were cheering throughout the speech and our cheering reached a crescendo when the Biden family came out...children, grandchildren, mother, brother, nieces and nephews. The climax to the whole thing came when Barack Obama marched out to surprise the Biden family....what a beautiful moment.

We were done for the night - it was time. Tomorrow is the big event at Invesco Field with 80,000 people participating.

Oh, ane by the way, my son called me as we were on the bus coming back to the hotel to tell me that I was on Jay Leno's show dancing with Mo Rocca. He told me I looked silly, but was having lots of fun. That was the case for this whole convention. Definitely the experience of a lifetime.