Today my wife's dream came true. Gillian is a attending the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver as a national delegate for Barack Obama. The week started off with a bang at the Texas delegation breakfast highlighted by keynote speaker Governor Kathleen Sebelius from Kansas. What an amazing woman! And she was introduced by another awesome woman, a young rising Texas democratic party star - Leticia Van de Putte - State Senator from San Antonio.

And the stars kept coming! Next up at breakfast was Nancy Pelosi's recommended Vice President choice Texas Congressman Chet Edwards. It was a good start.

After breakfast we picked up Gillian's credentials for the day. What a thrill it was for me to shoot this photo of Gillian signing for her credentials. It was a great moment.

We were off to our first event - at the Hard Rock Cafe where we met up with the infamous Congressman Charlie Wilson. The crowd included Texas super delegate Bob Slagle, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, former Speaker of the House Jim Wright, and our Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.

Charlie Wilson drew a big applause from the crowd with his remark "Our invasion of Iraq was the world's worst foreign policy blunder since Hitler invaded Russia."

Quickly we moved on to our next event - The Rocky Mountain Roundtable, a conference on philanthropy. As we approached the Boettcher Concert Hall, a black Lincoln Navigator pulled up to the curb and out popped civil rights leader Andrew Young.

Oh my! We are having a blast. And it's just the first morning.

Reporting from the National Democratic Convention in Denver,

Pierre Cutler
The Sacramento Executive