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9:02 p.m.: OK. I’m here. There’s a decent showing in the media center, but it’s not as packed as it was at Howard. I have a feeling this is going to be boring. Tavis is on. I wish bloggers could sit in the debate auditorium. So Tavis is talking about the Little Rock anniversary. Two of the “Little Rock Nine” are here: Terrance Roberts and Jefferson Thomas.
Tavis is supposedly hot about the top four Republican candidates not being here. It’s important to “reach out to communities of color,” he says.
Former MD Lt Gov Michael Steele just got a standing O. I saw him in the hall and didn’t try to meet him. He looked busy. He says “we” have the opportunity to change the course of the nation, or some such.
Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, Sam Brownback, Tom Tancredo (my guy!), Duncan Hunter, and Alan Keyes in the house. Tavis says missing candidates are represented by empty podium. Huckabee says he’s disappointed in missing candidates. Something about “African Americans” and “we” need to work through issues. He’s honored to be here. Blah, blah, blah.
