They acted out during roll call, complained about the food, and talked back.
Tagging along with Martell, beginning with his 7 30 a..m roll call with about 15 other "interps," or park ranger interpreters, I got a glimpse of a day in the life.
As his name approaches in the roll call -- around about the R's -- the aide seated beside him leans over and whispers urgently in his ear.
Republicans, on the other hand, have slowly and become more conservative in their roll call votes by moving from about 0.3 to 0.5 on the scale.
Yankee Stadium has liquored-up "bleacher creatures" performing an inane roll call of player names as the game is about to start.
There were a lot of bitter Clinton associates, fund-raisers and supporters wandering the halls, spewing vindictiveness, complaining of slights, scheming about Hillary's roll call and plotting trouble, with some in the Clinton coterie dissing Obama by planning early departures, before the nominee even speaks.
It was a roll call, plain as day, and nothing slipshod about it, either.
It resembled a pep rally, with a roll call of states, territories, public health, and the military that took about an hour as a prelude to dinner.
We hit the floor just as the roll call vote to nominate the presidential candidate is about to start.
In fact, the more you think about it, the more select the roll call of living legends seems to be.
