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PageOneQ Links and descriptions provided by the Human Rights Campaign follow... Kicking off the show, we welcomed one of our community's brightest stars
and the only openly lesbian member of Congress - Wisc. Rep. Tammy
Baldwin. She gave a preview of her
speech the following day and how the GLBT community needs to get
involved in the election. Download. One of the more familiar faces on CNN these days is Democratic
strategist and Huffington Post Political Editor Hilary Rosen. She dropped by our booth to talk about how the general election match-up between Sens. Obama and McCain will play out. Rosen was followed by the other openly gay member of Congress, Chairman Barney Frank. As always, he brought his characteristic wit and insight to the show. Download. We love celebrity sightings and a bit of gossip so we welcomed Mary Ann
Akers who writes The Sleuth blog at WashingtonPost.com. We
discussed the hot tickets in town and also the ethics reforms that are
making party-going complicated for politicians. Download. This convention brought a record number of openly gay delegates and we
spoke with two of them from the Pepsi Center. Both active in the
National Stonewall Democrats, Chris Porter and Sonya Lewis talked about their experiences in Denver and bringing that energy home to their communities. Download. Much discussion about Hillary Clinton and her supporters marked the
opening days of the convention and we brought in Ellen Moran of EMILY's
List to give her perspective. She also shared new polling from her organization on how women voters are thinking about this election. Download. On Wednesday, Mass. State Senate President Therese Murray spoke for her delegation in the convention roll-call proudly proclaiming the Bay State as the first in equality in marriage. She was our guest on Monday to discuss marriage in Massachusetts as well as efforts still underway to turn back the clock on equality. Download. We thought it was important to hear from the convention hosts and we
were fortunate enough to snag an interview with Colo. Congresswoman
Diana DeGette. She talked about Democrats' electoral prospects in the west as well as her new book, "Sex, Science and Stem Cells." Download. The night wouldn't have been complete without hearing from the Obama campaign itself and to do that we welcomed Dave Noble, head of GLBT Outreach for the campaign. He shared his thoughts on the importance of
this election and then I shared some interviews I had recently done with
the GLBT people who know Barack Obama. Download. Broadcasting from our spot on Radio Row earlier in the day was Gayle
King - better known to most as "Oprah's Best Friend." A radio personality in her own right, King sat down with Mary to talk about her morning interview with Michelle Obama and her perspective on the race. Download. We tried to squeeze as much as we could into our two hours from Denver
so with just a couple of final moments left, I joined Mary to wrap-up
the show. Download.
The Human Rights Campaign has posted 11 segments of it's XM Radio show, The Agenda with Joe Solmonese, taped at the Democratic National Convention. A variety of guests appeared on the show, including gay delegates Chris Porter and Sonya Lewis, US House members Barney Frank and Tammy Baldwin, and Huffington Post Political Director and CNN analyst Hilary Rosen.#
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Originally published on Thursday September 4, 2008.



