The convention was a joke. They were running ahead of time so they made Kerry and Cleland wait 10 minutes after the video - it looked awful amatuerish.
It is a sad, sad day when we judge an event nominating a candidate for POTUS by whether it smoothly maintains a made-for-TV schedule.
Pundits don't want to say it, nor do most FReepers, so I'll say it: Who gives a rat's a$$ whether they had a few minutes of downtime waiting for the networks to come online?