DNC Convention, Day one recap (Part II): The scene under The Big Tent, PUMA gossip

The Big Tent was a hip and happening place. Lotsa people in the bloggers lounge today. I met up with some of the shakers and movers of the blogosphere: Markos, MissLaura, BarbinMD, Plutonium Planet, Kagro X, and others. Daily Kos has their own couch reserved for them. Everybody there is cool. I also ran into Bill Scher of Liberal Oasis and Matt Stoller of MyDD.

Lots of people made their appearances. Arianna Huffington, my wonderful Senator Pat Leahy of Vermont, Paul Krugman, and more.

Paul Krugman of The New York Times

Arianna Huffington

There was lots of media covering The Big Tent. Eat your heart out MSM. You loathe us yet we’re the ones getting tons of press. It’s great.

Not much more to report. The rest is just a blur. I think that was when the Fat Tire Ales kicked in. However….

More below the fold.  

…. there was a rumor going around that the RNC was sponsoring an event for the PUMA folks. It seems to me the RNC wanted to exploit and take advantage of the bitter Clinton supporters. I heard some of the DKos front-pagers were going to crash it tonight. If I hear of anything I’ll be sure to post it ASAP.

Before I headed back to the Highlands, I did catch an MSNBC round table show with the usual suspects: Rachel Maddow, Norah O’Donnell, Pat Buchanan, and a special guest I wasn’t familiar with. The part I caught, Maddow and O’Donnell were arguing over something. Rachel said something that made the crowd cheer then they went to commercial. Then they cheered her on some more.

O’Donnell gets pwned by Rachel Maddow

 “The Bastard” known as Pat Buchanan

That’s it for tonight so….

…. “STICK AROUND. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE STUFF!”