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5:52 PM PT: Well I think it's safe to say that so far Sister Simone Campbell has given the best speech of the night.
5:53 PM PT: It looks like Deleware Gov. Jack Markell drew the "I love private equity, but not Mitt Romney" card.
5:54 PM PT: Dude, we are not shareholders. We are citizens!
5:55 PM PT: Slander!
Random Jack Markell fact: he and Mitt Romney are good friends. #dnc2012
— @TheFix via HootSuite
5:55 PM PT: But:
CORRECTION: Jack Markell and MARK WARNER are good friends. My brain is not working so well. #dnc2012
— @TheFix via HootSuite
5:56 PM PT:
I think Bill Donahue just sentenced himself to 40 more lashes. #selfabuse, #DNC2012
— @ESQPolitics via web
6:04 PM PT: Coming up this hour: California AG Kamala Harris, DREAM Act activist Benita Veliz, Sandra Fluke, three Bain layoff victims, and Rep. Chris van Hollen.
6:05 PM PT: Difference between Dems and GOP: Dems use small businesses that got help from government to show how government can help business. Republicans use small businesses that got help from government to explain why government is evil. Because apparently they hate small business and stuff.
6:06 PM PT:
President Obama will be in the hall tonight to watch Clinton
— @GStephanopoulos via web
6:10 PM PT:
"Invisible" wasn't in the #DNC2012 platform, either. Just saying.
— @InvisibleObama via web
6:17 PM PT: Benita Veliz, who I believe is the first undocumented American ever to speak to a national convention, takes the stage. She was valedictorian of her high school class and double majored at the age of 20. "I have had to live almost my entire life" fearing deporation, she says. "President Obama fought for the DREAM Act for people like me."
6:22 PM PT:
It's impossible to overstate just how beloved Christina is in the Latino community. She's our Oprah
— @markos via TweetDeck
6:22 PM PT:
Mad props to Benita and the DREAM activists. Inspirational
— @markos via TweetDeck
6:29 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): New thread here.