As a DNC spotlight interview, Midmorning host Kerri Miller speaks with former U.S. Vice President, Senator and Ambassador Walter Mondale about the civil rights struggle of Democratic national conventions past, and his experience as a Democratic presidential nominee.
Following interview, Midmorning previews the opening day of 2008 Democratic National Convention from the Pepsi Center in Denver, where the event will take place all this week. U.S. Senator Barack Obama will accept the party's nomination for president on Thursday night. Guests include Howard Fineman, senior Washington correspondent for Newsweek Magazine; and John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation.