Liveblogging the Democratic National Convention

I'm pleased and honored to announce, pending following the official release from the Florida Progressive Coalition (FPC), that I will be a member of the FPC blogger team in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, August 25-28, 2008. The FPC was selected to represent Florida in the first-ever State Blogger Pool, through which we will be credentialed as media and be seated on the convention floor with Florida's delegates.

Although I will be representing the FPC, you will find extensive coverage of the Convention right here at Blast Off!, including as much liveblogging as my fingers and my laptop can handle. In addition, Blast Off! remains under consideration for the DNC's General Blogger Pool, which will be determined soon.

I just want to express my deep thanks and appreciation to FPC chair and Grand Poobah Kenneth Quinnell and the entire Coalition for including this particular DFH and this sucky blog on your team. Kenny, you're right: we're going to have the best coverage of the DNC available anywhere. Count on it.

UPDATE (3:39 pm 5/14/08): For convenience, here is the complete list of blogs chosen in the State Blogger Pool:

ALABAMA- Doc's Political Parlor - http://www.politicalparlor.net
ALASKA - Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis - http://divasblueoasis.blogspot.com
ARIZONA - Ted Prezelski - Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net
ARKANSAS- Under The Dome.com - http://www.underthedome.com
CALIFORNIA - Calitics- http://Calitics.com
COLORADO -SquareState.net - http://squarestate.net
CONNECTICUT -My Left Nutmeg - http://myleftnutmeg.com
DELAWARE - TommyWonk - http://tommywonk.blogspot.com/
DEMOCRATS ABROAD - Democrats Abroad Argentina - http://www.yanquimike.com.ar
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA- DCist.com - http://dcist.com
FLORIDA - Florida Progressive Coalition - http://flaprogressives.org
GEORGIA- Tondee's Tavern - http://www.tondeestavern.com
GUAM - No Rest for the Awake - Minagahet Chamorro - http://minagahet.blogspot.com
HAWAII - iLind.net: Ian Lind Online - http://www.ilind.net
IDAHO - 43rdStateBlues.com - http://www.43rdstateblues.com
ILLINOIS- Prairie State Blue - http://www.PrairieStateBlue.com
INDIANA- Blue Indiana - http://www.blueindiana.net
IOWA - The Iowa Independent - http://iowaindependent.com
KANSAS - EverydayCitizen.com - http://everydaycitizen.com
KENTUCKY - BlueGrassRoots - http://www.bluegrassroots.org
LOUISIANA - Daily Kingfish - http://www.dailykingfish.com
MAINE - Turn Maine Blue - http://www.turnmaineblue.com
MARYLAND - The Center for Emerging Media - http://www.centerforemergingmedia.com
MASSACHUSETTS - Blue Mass. Group - http://www.bluemassgroup.com
MICHIGAN - Blogging For Michigan - http://bloggingformichigan.com
MINNESOTA - Minnesota Monitor - http://minnesotamonitor.com
MISSISSIPPI - The Natchez Blog - http://natchezms.blogspot.com
MISSOURI - Fired Up! LLC - http://www.firedupmissouri.com
MONTANA - Left in the West - http://www.leftinthewest.com
NEBRASKA - New Nebraska Network - http://www.NewNebraska.net
NEVADA - Las Vegas Gleaner - http://www.lasvegasgleaner.com
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Blue Hampshire - http://www.bluehampshire.com
NEW JERSEY - PolitickerNJ.com - http://www.politickernj.com
NEW MEXICO - Democracy for New Mexico - http://www.DemocracyForNewMexico.com
NEW YORK - Room 8 - http://www.r8ny.com
NORTH CAROLINA - BlueNC.com - http://bluenc.com
NORTH DAKOTA - NorthDecoder.com - http://www.northdecoder.com
OHIO - Ohio Daily Blog - http://www.ohiodailyblog.com
OKLAHOMA - DemoOkie - http://www.DemoOkie.com
OREGON - BlueOregon (blog) - http://www.blueoregon.com
PENNSYLVANIA - Keystone Politics - http://www.keystonepolitics.com
PUERTO RICO - Jusiper - http://jusiper.blogspot.com
RHODE ISLAND - Rhode Island's Future - http://www.rifuture.org
SOUTH CAROLINA - CracktheBell.com - http://www.crackthebell.com
SOUTH DAKOTA - Badlands Blue - http://www.badlandsblue.com
TENNESSEE - KnoxViews/TennViews - http://www.knoxviews.com
TEXAS - Burnt Orange Report - http://www.BurntOrangeReport.com
UTAH - The Utah Amicus - http://utahamicus.com
VERMONT - Green Mountain Daily - http://greenmountaindaily.com
VIRGINIA - Raising Kaine - http://www.raisingkaine.com
VIRGIN ISLANDS - Democratic Party of the US Virgin Islands - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/democratvi
WASHINGTON - HorsesAss.org - http://www.horsesass.org
WEST VIRGINIA - West Virginia Blue - http://www.wvablue.com
WISCONSIN - Uppity Wisconsin - http://www.uppitywis.org
WYOMING - Hummingbirdminds blog - http://hummingbirdminds.blogspot.com