HILLARY IN AMES, IA

Last day. We hurled ourselves out of bed and raced to Ames IA-- where Iowa State is located. We got to the event and there were already 500 people there. The staff was shuffling people into a second enormous convention room, which did not make us happy.
SEE FIRST PICTURE.
We ended up convincing them to let us in, and we stood in the back with the press. I mean, we're sort of press, right? We stood next to Candy Crowley as she did her openers, and I got shoved (not on purpose) by Maureen Dowd. The crowd was enormous and there was an almost corporate quality to the event. The location influenced that, but also the awareness of the enormous machine behind HRC. It was impressively organized and executed, but also a little cold. Sound familiar?
Chelsea and Hillary's mother were also both in attendance. Very exciting all the way around...