Hammer down! Balto Mayor gavels in Dem Convention

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz did the right thing and ceded the opening gavel of the 2016 Democratic National Convention to a rising party star:

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake gaveled in the Democratic National Convention here on Monday — taking over for the Democratic Party chairwoman who relinquished the role amid a scandal over internal party emails.

Rawlings-Blake introduced herself to the crowd as “mayor of the great city of Baltimore” and called it an “honor and a pleasure” to kick off the convention.

After calling the convention to order, Rawlings-Blake started walking off stage — only to realize she hadn’t actually struck the podium with a gavel. She hurried back and did so to applause.

Rawlings-Blake has served as the secretary of the national Democratic Party since 2013.

By: dave-dr-gonzo

David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.

* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.