Convention Speakers and Agenda

Here's the latest list of speakers and other events at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. The list of names for Tuesday-Thursday does not imply any specific order to the speeches.


Democratic National Convention Podium Schedule

Monday, August 25, 2008 – ONE NATION

Time Shown as local – Denver, Colorado MST

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM (LOCAL)

Call to Order

The Honorable Howard Dean, Chair, Democratic National Committee, Former Governor of Vermont

Invocation
The Honorable Polly Baca – Greeley, Colorado
Former Colorado State Senator, President & CEO Latin American Research & Service Agency

Presentation of Colors
Navajo Code Talkers Association
Keith Little, Frank Willeto, Bill Toledo, Jimmy Begay


Pledge of Allegiance
Angela Morgan –Alexandria, Virginia
Served 9 years in the Marines and now runs a leadership development small business

National Anthem
Colorado Children's Chorale
Group over 30-years old – Tad Koriath (piano)
Local children (7-14) performing throughout US & the world (China, Asia, Europe, etc.)


Welcome
Reverend Leah D. Daughtry
Convention CEO & Chief of Staff, Democratic National Committee

Video - “Welcome to the West”
Introduction of and Report by the Credentials Committee
The Honorable Howard Dean
Chair, Democratic National Committee

Eliseo Roques-Arroyo
Co-Chair Credentials Committee
Former Executive Director, Democratic Party of Puerto Rico

James Roosevelt, Jr.
Co-Chair Credentials Committee
Pres. & CEO Tuffs Health Plan (HMO) and grandson of FDR

The Honorable Alexis Herman
Co Chair Credentials Committee
Former US Secretary of Labor

Introduction of and Report by the Rules Committee
The Honorable Howard Dean
Chair, Democratic National Committee

Sunita Leeds
Co-Chair Rules Committee
Chair of the DNC Indo-American Leadership Council

The Honorable Mary Rose Oakar
Co-Chair Rules Committee
Former Member of the US Congress, Ohio,
President of the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee

The Honorable David Walters
Co-Chair Rules Committee
Former Governor of Oklahoma
President of Walters Power International

Video - Changing the Course of Our Nation
Featuring Ashley Baia -Native of Pennsylvania and an Obama field organizer mentioned in Obama's Philadelphia speech. Know as the "sandwich girl" who, at age 9, convinced her mother she liked mustard & relish sandwiches to save money while her mother was fighting cancer. She is now twenty-three.

Introduction of Convention Co-Chairs
The Honorable Howard Dean
Chair, Democratic National Committee

The Honorable Shirley Franklin
Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

The Honorable Leticia Van de Putte
State Senator, Texas District 26

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Governor of Kansas

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the US House of Representatives
Member of the US House of Representatives, California
Permanent Chair of the 2008 Democratic National Convention

Turning Over the Gavel
The Honorable Howard Dean, temporary Chair of the Convention turns over the gavel to
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Permanent Chair of the 2008 Democratic Convention.

Remarks
The Honorable Doris Matsui, Parliamentarian
Member of the US House of Representatives, California

Andrew Tobias, Treasurer
Democratic Party Treasurer

Remarks by the Secretary and the Electronic Roll Call of Attendance
Alice Travis Germond - West Virginia
Secretary, Democratic Party
Member of the Democratic National Committee

Remarks – Presentation of Platform
The Honorable Patricia Madrid
Co-Chair Platform Committee
Attorney General of New Mexico

Judith McHale
Co-Chair Platform Committee
Business Executive (former President, Discovery Communications; Board of DigitalGlobal)

Remarks
The Honorable John Hickenlooper
Mayor of Denver, Colorado

Congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Honorable Joe Baca
Member of the US House of Representatives, California

The Honorable Grace Napolitano
Member of the US House of Representatives, California

The Honorable Silvestre Reyes
Member of the US House of Representatives, Texas

Remarks
Nancy Keenan
President, NARAL - Pro-Choice America

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.
State Senator, Illinois

Amanda Kubik
Young Delegate – North Dakota

Ret. Rear Admiral John Hutson,
Pres. Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord – lifetime Republican

Reg Weaver
President, National Education Association

The Honorable Manuel Diaz
Mayor of Miami, Florida

Video - Changing the Course of Our Nation
Featuring Gabrielle Grossman
New Hampshire Obama Supporter "U2 mamma for Obama"

Remarks
The Honorable Lisa Madigan
Attorney General, Illinois

The Honorable Dan Hynes
Comptroller, Illinois

The Honorable Alexi Giannoulis
State Treasurer, Illinois

Randi Weingarten
American Federation of Teachers

The Honorable Amy Klobuchar
US Senator, Minnesota

Musical Performance
John Legend (vocals & piano) and accompanied by:
Agape Choir - International Spiritual Center, Culver City, CA
Trans-denominational Spiritual Community founded by Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith

Video/Remarks
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the US House of Representatives
Permanent Chair, Democratic National Convention

Video - First Time Delegates: Renewing America's Promise
America’s Town Hall – Economy
Moderator: Senator Sherrod Brown - Ohio,
Panelists: Ned Helms, Lisa Olivares, Dr. Laura Tyson, Jon Schnur

Remarks
Margie Perez
New Orleans jazz singer & song writer from Musicians Village

President Jimmy Carter Segment
Jimmy Carter/New Orleans Video
Acknowledgment of President Carter

Remarks
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Half-sister of Barack Obama
High School teacher - Hawaii
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Remarks
The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Member of the US House of Representatives, Illinois

Mike Fisher & Cheryl Fisher – Beech Grove, Indiana
Mike – Amtrak tech & Cheryl – hospital tech (hosted Obama for lunch)

Tom Balanoff
President, SEIU Local 1 (Chicago)

Senator Edward M. Kennedy Tribute
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
Daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy

Video - Edward M. Kennedy Video
Remarks
The Honorable Miguel Del Valle
City Clerk of Chicago, Illinois

Candi Schmieder
Delegate Chair, Iowa County Convention

Jerry Kellman
Hired & supervised Obama at Developing Communities Project - Chicago, Illinois

Introduction of Jim Leach by
The Honorable Tom Harkin
US Senator, Iowa

The Honorable Jim Leach
Former Republican Member of the US House of Representatives, 1st District, Iowa

Introduction of Claire McCaskill by
Austin Esposito
Son of Senator McCaskill

The Honorable Claire McCaskill
US Senator, Missouri

Video - Michelle Obama Package
Introduction to the Michelle Obama Package

Craig Robinson
Older brother of Michelle Obama

Remarks
Michelle Obama
Wife of Presidential Candidate Barack Obama

Benediction
Don Miller -Portland, Oregon
Best-selling author & public speaker focusing on Christian spirituality


Recess
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Governor of Kansas

Tuesday, August 26: 3 MDT/5 EDT to 9 MDT/11 EDT
Presentation of Colors - American GI Forum
Pledge of Allegiance - Koby Langley, Fort Meade, Maryland
National Anthem - Rocky Mountain Children's Choir
American Voices Center Stage:
Pauline Beck (Oakland, CA)
Pamella Cash-Roper (Pittsboro, NC)
David Gipp (Fort Yates, ND)
Robin Golden (Wyoming, MI)
Republican Fairbanks Alaska Mayor Jim Whitaker
Katherine Marcano (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, AK Jim Whitaker (unofficial)
Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland
Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland
Senator Barbara Boxer of California
Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington
Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana
Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln of Arkansas
Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, Chair of the Democratic Governors’ Association
Iowa Governor Chet Culver
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will moderate a national town hall meeting on energy issues
California State Controller John Chiang

Change to Win’s Anna Burger
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney
Planned Parenthood of America President Cecile Richards

Convention Co-Chair Kansas Governor
Kathleen Sebelius
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano
Governors Ted Strickland of Ohio
Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania
Senator Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts
Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana
Governor David Patterson of New York
Federico Peña, former Mayor of Denver and Secretary of both Energy and Transportation

Representative Xavier Becerra of California
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
House Democratic Caucus Chair Rahm Emanuel
DCCC Chair Chris Van Hollen
Representative Nydia Velazquez of New York
Representative Linda Sanchez of California
Representative Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin
Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton of DC
Representative Mike Honda of California
Pay Equity Pioneer Lilly Ledbetter

Keynote Speaker: Former Governor Mark Warner of Virginia
Senator Hillary Clinton of New York


Wednesday, August 27: 3 MDT/5 EDT to 9 MDT/11 EDT
Presentation of Colors - Colorado Chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pledge of Allegiance - Paul Bucha, Ridgefield, Connecticut
National Anthem - Robert Moore of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, SD
American Voices Center Stage:
Mark Docherty (Sterling Heights, MI)
Michele Jones (Washington, DC)
Beth Robinson (Norfolk, VA)
Xiomara Rodriguez (Reno, NV)
Michael Wilson (Melbourne, FL)
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.
President Bill Clinton of New York
Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico
Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia
Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada
Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado
Representative Lois Capps of California
Representative Kathy Castor of Florida
Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut
Representative Nita Lowey of New York
Representative Louise Slaughter of New York
Representative Hilda Solis of California
Representative Maxine Waters of California
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chairman Charles E. Schumer of NY
Senate candidates Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Rep. Tom Udall of New Mexico,
Jeff Merkley of Oregon, and Rep. Tom Allen of Maine.

Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina
Congressman Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania
Congressman Robert Wexler of Florida
Iraq War Veteran Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
Senator Joe Biden VP acceptance speech

Thursday, August 28: Times TBD
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.
Former Vice President Al Gore (unofficial)
Barack Obama acceptance speech