I had to shoot all of these at iso 800 so they are a bit soft z it was in very poor lighting.  I remembered Waydes thoughts on iso and this was good practice.  I did take my walking stick/monopod or they would have been much worse.  The guy next to me had a new Nikon D80 but he is a Biden supporter so it was just a photo op for him too.  Lots of the press photo's are not much better so I feel good about these.  They will all go away after Jan 3rd and we will sink into oblivion again so I snatched the chance.  (another C?)  Kathy