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When Caroline Kennedy was introduced, her name was emblazoned onthe video wall with a sea of blinking stars. The band played"Sweet Caroline," the song Neil Diamond was inspired towrite about her.
Even for the delegates in the hall, it must seem like watching agiant television.
What's taking place on the stage is, in effect, a television show _and not just because the speakers are choreographed to tell astory. Organizers were interested in using the screens frequentlyto show videos with the stories of average Americans, said DamonJones, a convention spokesman.
"The theory behind the design was to try to bring the Americanpeople into the process," he said.
The stage does not replicate previous fortress-like stages employedby Democrats, and tilts more to the more approachable look thatRepublicans have used. The 2000 Democratic convention was particularly noteworthy for its high podium that created a severebarrier between delegates and speakers. Republicans, on the otherhand, in recent conventions have been more fond of sweeping stepsthat connect the stage with the floor of the convention.
The wizardry carries a danger when it is used for a conventionnominating Barack Obama , whose critics are taking shots at his celebrity status.
"It looks dazzling," said CBS News analyst JeffGreenfield. "But it's an interesting question whether dazzlingis what the Obama campaign needs right now."
Yet it's not even certain that Obama will set foot on the PepsiCenter stage. He has opted to accept his nomination Thursday at alarger venue _ Invesco Field, the stadium of the NFL's DenverBroncos.
Whether that stage is scaled down to build up the speaker isn'tknown.
"We'll keep that under wraps until Thursday afternoon,"Jones said.