Luckily we arrived early at the Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention on Day 3. We found seats at about 3:35 p.m. in section 335. (I just realized that....) We sat down and shortly after, the fun began.  Nancy Pelosi took the podium and announced that two people had been nominated for president and that the party would take Roll Call, where each state would cast its votes for the candidates.   And then Roll Call began. Alabama. People beside us were tallying the votes in their notebooks. Alaska. ... more