The Democrats bring out not only Governors, the Democrats brought out mayors on the convention's first night.

Deval_patrick

I regret engaging the Republican speeches on silent televisions at my
local Tim Horton's. I read them in closed captioning on Fox and read
them again online. I haven't had time to listen to them on YouTube. My
impressions of all the speeches tonight surprised me. Deval Patrick
presented in a Martin Luther King style, without histrionics, without
bluster. Patrick had much better polish that I am willing to accord
any Republican speech I noticed. I sincerely want to know who led the
team that prepared these speakers. I found the speakers offering great
eye contact, appropriate gestures, and a controlled emotional speech,
and I need to know who shaped their delivery.

Plus, Patrick's material had better heart material. He visited a
successful school, recently unsuccessful, and was asked to delay his
applause by the teacher. Martin Luther King's great speech, "I Have A
Dream" is an amazing speech, but many students hear it again and again
each and every February. To deliver the speech to a visiting Governor,
the second African American governor accorded that honor, would not be
enough. I expected, forgive me, the usual MLK reading. Patrick broke
through to me by describing how the teacher demanded talking and
testifying from her pupils. The children could define the words, such
as creed, and explain the speech from a point of deep understanding. I
am not sure the Republican's had a single speech that worked with
heart material this well. I say that and realize I have to go back a
review the Republican speeches again.

The Republicans can talk all they want about ironing boards and
basement apartments. No one beats the story of Grandmother Castro
winning the money to pay for the birth of her successful twins by
cooking up a prize-winning batch of menudo. I'm sorry, but that story
sticks to my ribs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menudo_%28soup%29