Gregoire Cashes Rain Check On Delegation Speech

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DENVER - When Democratic delegates gathered Wednesday afternoon to cast their votes to nominate Sen. Barack Obama for president, his primary rival, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton called for a motion to suspend the rules so that Obama could be nominated with a unanimous voice vote. For those trying display a show of party unity, the motion couldn't have been better. But for the Washington delegation, it was a bittersweet move. "W" is the 23rd letter in an alphabetic roll call, and as a result the Evergreen State voters did not get their moment in the sun to announce their delegate votes. More specifically, Gov. Chris Gregoire, who was selected to read Washington's count, did not get the chance.