From the Herald Leader:

Throughout Saturday, the words Kentucky Democrats most looked forward to hearing from state party Chairman Jennifer Moore were: “Congratulations, you’re going to Denver.”

Moore, playing the role of emcee at the Democrats’ state convention, presided over the election of delegates to the party’s national convention in late August in the Colorado capital. It was a trip that has became even more sought-after in light of the historic primary election between U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“Barack Obama will not be beholden to any particular group, he’s going to do what’s right for all Americans. That’s why I supported him and that’s why I wanted to go to Denver,” said Lexington lawyer Reginald Thomas, an Obama supporter who will be making his second convention trip after serving as a delegate for Jesse Jackson in 1984.

Both the Kentucky Democratic and Republican parties on Saturday decided who will serve in their delegations to their respective conventions. And both party’s lists included many prominent and familiar names.

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