I was there, for the record with no suit jacket and no tie, 4th row left aisle. I was there a half an hour early, for the record. The people who surrounded me were big fans, I could tell. They ran into the front like it was a concert and even bobed their legs to the intro music (which was classic mid to late period u2)They were almost showing emotion at time, weird for the group.

After 24 years in mortgage banking and a dozen of these conventions, this was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen. And I’ve seen 4 presidents and countless astronauts, billionaires, senators, ad nauseum. He was moving. He captivated an audience of oft-cold people that are at times both the best and worst of the american dream. I will never forget it. Its almost the Orpheum 1983…