The crowd is still filtering into the Pepsi Center, but Rep. Joe
Baca, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, got more
applause when he said he was from California than when he called
for an end to the war in Iraq or for universal health insurance.
But the lady who followed him to the podium got rousing applause
when she said John McCain voted 90 percent of the time in lockstep
with President Bush. "We don't need 10 percent change," she said.
"We need 110 percent change."
Then when Silvestre Reyes, chairman of the House Intelligence
Committee, promised that Obama would take the fight to the
terrorists and be tough with American adversaries, crickets
chirped. Though in fairness, Congressman Jose Serrano's line about
Bush running the economy into the ground didn't get much crowd
reaction either.
topics:
John McCain, Iraq
