Sunday Night Parties - The Apollo Alliance

I think of the Democratic National Convention sort of like Sundance for political people. Sure, there are lots of things to do during the day and work to be done, but most of the fun and the networking happens at the parties.

Which means that all of us delegates have a list of lunches, receptions and parties that we have been invited to, the vast majority of which are free. (Not to mention open bar!)

Sunday night was a relative easy night of events. After checking in and getting my DNC and CDP (California Democratic Party) goodie bags -- and yes, there is a Mayor Villaragosa bobble-head in there! -- I headed out to a 6 PM reception hosted by the Apollo Alliance and a man that I'm a big fan of and consider a friend, Phil Angelides.


The Apollo Alliance is focused on "Clean Energy and Good Jobs" ... the reception was very nice, and I ran into a few Young Democrats that I knew, as well as some not so young Democrats. The highlight of the speaker section was Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who spoke in strong support of the Apollo Alliance and the need to reduce our dependance on foreign oil. Sure, that's nothing new. But hearing it so articulately being spoken about by the Speaker of the House of Represenatatives gives a person hope for action in the future. Especially when we have Sen. Barack Obama as our president!


Soon after Speaker Pelosi spoke, I headed out, and missed the rest of the program. But I had to get to the Convention Center for the big delegate event honoring New Orleans, with main speaker former Governor and now DNC Chairman Howard Dean!