Massachusetts

and thought that Deval's speech was one of the best I've ever witnessed. Elizabeth Warren did a great job as well. But it took too long to get to the vote and took an inordinate amount of time to count it. Many people left before the final count was in and the result was a dissipation of a lot of positive energy from the activist members of the party. We are going to need every bit of it to get out the vote.

And why on earth did they herd so many people into that arena without any easy access to food? The only concessions open had huge lines and offered only pretzels, hot dogs, drinks and popcorn. During the film about the tornado victims that were housed at MassMutual I couldn't help but thinking - "Gee, I hope they provided them with better food."

This is the second convention I've been to in Springfield and it was just as bad the first time. You'd think that it might have occurred to someone in charge that people get hungry around lunchtime.

Generally, the convention was pretty good (at least in attendance and outcome) but, with better planning, it might have been great.

So what did you think? I had to drive for 2 1/2 hours to get there so maybe I have a different perspective.