In a few  hours, my plane will land in Denver--home to the Democratic National Convention this year. It will be the second political convention I have attended as a journalist. Ever since covering the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City, I have been craving to report on another. The long wait is nearly over.

It will be a busy week, with no shortage of things to cover. The celebrities, political personalities, and the delegates. Seeing the crowd react to the speeches. And there will undoubtedly be some surprises too (I'm recalling when I spotted Ralph Nader walking around inside the hall at the RNC in '04).

I'm looking forward to spending some time with the youth delegates to the DNC. I've already met two from Utah: Helen Langan is one of the highly publicized superdelegates, though she won't need to use that status to help pick a nominee after all. The other, Emily Rushton, is a 24-year-old delegate from West Valley City, who will be traveling to Denver with her husband. She comes from a political family--her brother is a political appointee of the Bush administration to the USDA, and her husband has worked for U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). Once a Republican, Rushton is now a Democrat, in part because of Hillary Clinton's candidacy. She feels Clinton has empowered more women to strive for political leadership in the United States, and she'll get the chance to cast a vote for Clinton when her name is put into nomination.

All of the events will lead up to Thursday night, when Barack Obama will accept his party's nomination at Invesco Field in front of 75,000 supporters. Watching such a historic moment will be amazing.

Until then, I'll be working to give you a sense of what the youth delegates are doing and thinking. I'll be looking out for any interesting personalities or celebrities that might have something significant to say to the younger generation. And I'll try to convey up close the excitement and the frenzy that is a national political convention.