Chris Bragg's Notebook

Walking down Brighton Boulevard Wednesday afternoon during the Iraq Veterans Against the War march was Brian Vicente, the attorney overseeing the defense of protesters arrested during the Democratic National Convention.

He was one of about 10 lawyers sporting brightly colored hats saying “National Lawyers Guild Observer.” Vicente said he felt the week had gone fairly smoothly overall for police and protesters.

As of Tuesday morning’s Colorado delegate breakfast, the exact details of how the roll call vote to nominate Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday had not been determined. And Hillary Clinton delegate Sonya Lewis, of Boulder County, says the situation may be evolving.

At around 8:15 p.m. — an hour before the convention let out for the night — about 100 police were guarding the entrance of the Sheraton Hotel downtown, on the 16th Street Mall at Court Street.

About four lonely protesters were standing in front of them. Two CU students — James, wearing a red bandana over his mouth, and Eva, wearing a purple one over her mouth — couldn’t say exactly why seemingly so few protesters have shown up in Denver so far, considering that 20,000 to 50,000 were expected.

Congressional District 6 Democratic nominee Hank Eng — a staunch Obama supporter — stopped to chat outside the Convention Center on Monday morning.

Eng, the son of Chinese immigrants, was on his way to the Asian American Pacific Islander caucus, and said he probably will see a jump in fundraising during the convention because of his increased access to Asian-American donors nationally.

When it comes to the Democratic Party’s Hispanic caucus, Colorado political leaders could hardly be more hooked in.

At the opening of the two-story “Big Tent” at 15th and Wynkoop on Sunday — erected for the hundreds of bloggers at this year’s the Democratic National Convention — the founder of the liberal political blog Daily Kos, Markos Moulitsas, spoke forcefully about the need to push the Democratic Party in a more progressive direction.