August 24, 2008
Location, Location, Location

The final seating chart for the convention was released earlier today with Delaware landing prime real estate right in front of the stage now that their guy has been tapped to be Barack Obama's VP.

The delegates from the second-smallest state used to be seated up in the nosebleed section of the Pepsi Center. But their lot in life has improved considerably.

(However, as Ben notes, someone at the convention committee neglected to spell check).

Not so for the New York delegation members - all but about four rows of whom will be seated off the floor along with other true-blue states that don't merit special treatment like Massachusetts and California.

Illinois, is, of course, seated front-and-center. Also on the floor are most of the swing states and the host state and DNC Chairman Howard Dean's home state, Vermont.