Correction: Youth at the DNC Actually Heard on Monday and Tuesday

It's come to my attention that at times when I was not physically at the convention, young people actually did speak at the podium. Specifically:

• Amanda Kubik, a 27 year old delegate spoke at 7pm Eastern time on Monday while surrounded by young delegates.
• Katherine Marcano, a 23-year-old supporter of Barack Obama from IA spoke about health care at 8pm Eastern on Tuesday.

I watched on TV on Monday and didn't see Kubik, and I was on a security line on Tuesday when Marcano spoke. My piece was wrong and I should have double checked the schedule. Apologies to all.

I will still stick by the fact that I'm personally disappointed that a young person didn't have a more high-profile speaking slot. 8pm and 7pm Eastern are 6 and 5pm in Denver with the time change. At those times most people were just starting to head over to the Pepsi Center, which tended to fill up around 7pm local time. In comparison, the head of the College Republicans is slated to address the RNC not long before John McCain takes the stage (or so they tell us, the schedule is in pretty heavy flux here in St. Paul).

Nevertheless, it was incorrect for me to say that no young people were at the podium during the convention and I regret the hyperbole. Especially in so far as it detracted from my main argument - that youth still do not have full representation within the DNC.