Former President Bill Clinton waves to the delegates after finishing his address during the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004.
Former President Bill Clinton salutes the applauding crowd at the FleetCenter at the end of his speech to the Democratic National Convention in Boston July 26, 2004.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets her husband, former President Bill Clinton, after introducing him to delegates at the Democratic National Convention July 26, 2004, in Boston.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., waves during her address to the delegates during the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston July 26, 2004.
Former vice president and 2000 presidential candidate Al Gore gestures July 26, 2004 at the FleetCenter in Boston during his speech to the Democratic National Convention.
Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to delegates during the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston July 26, 2004.
Singer Patti LaBelle performs before the delegates during the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004.
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention hold up lights in a Sept. 11 remembrance as 16-year-old violinist Gabe Lefkowitz performs and an image of the New York City skyline is projected on screens in the background July 26, 2004 at the FleetCenter in Boston.
New York delegate Bevenia M. Brown, former city council woman of New Rochelle, N.Y., dances to music during the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004.
Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe bangs the gavel to begin at the Democratic National Convention July 26, 2004, in Boston.
Rita Czukas of Milwaukee waves from the floor at the FleetCenter in Boston during the Democratic National Convention, July 26, 2004.
Delegates from Florida hold a sign during the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004.
Kathy Duffy, of Albuquerque, N.M., waves donkey finger puppets during the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004.
A military color guard salutes during the opening of the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004.
E.G. "Red" Lackey, 90, a delegate from Ormond, Fla., listens during the opening of the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004.
Texas delegate Isela Castanon-Williams, right, puts a Texas flag sticker on fellow delegate Majestic Magnete, July 26, 2004, at the FleetCenter in Boston.
The view from "Blogger's Boulevard" at the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004. The bloggers are covering a national political convention live for the first time ever, joining the estimated 15,000 traditional mainstream broadcast and print media staffers chronicling the event.
Boston police officers try in vain to remove nails that were sticking out of a demonstrator's backpack during a peaceful march by the Bl(A)ck Tea Society, a self-described anarchist group, in Boston, July 26, 2004. About 300 demonstrators marched near the FleetCenter, where delegates were arriving for the 2004 Democratic National Convention. The police could not remove the nails and the backpack was returned to its owner.
Republican demonstrator Bill Donovan, of Washington, D.C., shows his sentiments as he relaxes in the nearly empty "Free Speech Zone" outside the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004. Few demonstrators ventured into the small and cramped zone set aside for them.
Where was the man of the hour on Monday? One of his stops was the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Here, Kerry, left, is shown with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., dressed in clean room attire. The suits are required dress to board Discovery, currently being prepared for flight on the next Space Shuttle mission.