John Schroyer's Notebook

Wednesday morning in Denver dawned bright and hot and highly political, which should be no surprise given that downtown has been overrun by Democratic National Convention delegates, protesters, merchants and fascinated onlookers. And one of the visitors to Colorado’s capital city yesterday morning was former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who took time out of his schedule to help his old pal John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate.

“It’s like organized chaos.”

That was the sentiment from state Rep. Terrance Carroll, D-Denver, one of the lucky few to land a delegate slot at the Democratic National Convention. Carroll, who was speaking not long after the remarks of Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (son of Rev. Jesse Jackson) was greatly enjoying his front row seat at the convention Monday night and promised that he’d be on the floor for every speech through the week, “even if I have to run on fumes.”