ROUND FOUR, starting with Bill Richardson and the video tribute to Jimmy Carter and ending at 9pm central time (as before, each asterisk represents a repeat speaker).

John Kerry, it turns out, used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack.
Why didn’t they play “My Ding-a-ling” during the ‘92 and ‘96 conventions?

TOTAL PEOPLE SPEAKING (27, 13**, 7*) 10***
STATES REPRESENTED (when origin of speaker is clear) (14, 6*, 6) 6**
STATES OF THE FORMER CONFEDERACY REPRESENTED (3.5, 2, 2) 1 (Georgia repeated)

MEN (15, 9**, 4) 6**
WOMEN (12, 4, 3) 4*

SEEMINGLY WHITE (12, 10*, 4) 4
SEEMINGLY BLACK (5, 2, 2) 1*
SEEMINGLY HISPANIC (6, 0, 0) 3*
SEEMINGLY ASIAN (2, 1, 0) 0
UNCLEAR/CLEARLY MIXED (2, 0, 1*) 1*
IDENTIFIABLY GAY (2, 0, 0) 0
SEEMINGLY AMERICAN INDIAN (0, 0, 0) 0
SEEMINGLY HANDICAPPED (0, 1, 0) 0

CARRIE EDWARDS MENTIONED (2, 0, 3) 0
USES OF SPANISH (4, 1, 0) 3 (several times by Angel from Cali, LOTS from Bob Menendez, a bit from a guy in L.A.)

REFERENCES TO STOLEN ELECTION (0, 4, 7) 0
REFERENCE TO NADER VOTERS (0, 0, 1) 0
SIDEWAYS SMACK AT BUSH’S MILITARY RECORD (0, 0, 0) 2
“JOHNNY B. GOODE” PLAYED (1, 0 , 0) 1 Is Chuck getting paid?
USE OF WORD NEWKILLER (1, 0, 0) 1 (Bob Menendez)

STATES REPRESENTED (earlier rounds in parentheses):
UNKNOWN BY GREG (4, 7, 1) 0
CALIFORNIA (6, 1, 1) 2
MARYLAND (2, 2**, 1) 0
NEW MEXICO (3, 0, 1*) 1*
TEXAS (2, 1, 0) 0
FLORIDA (1, 1, 0) 0
GEORGIA (1, 0, 0) 1
OHIO (1, 0, 1) 1
WISCONSIN (0, 0, 0) 2
NEW JERSEY (1, 0, 0) 1*
ARKANSAS (0, 0, 1) 1
CONNECTICUT (1, 0, 0) 0
ILLINOIS (0, 1, 0) 0
IOWA (1, 0, 0) 0
MASSACHUSSETTS (0, 1, 0) 0
MICHIGAN (1, 0, 0) 0
NEW YORK (1, 0, 0) 0
PENNSYLVANIA (1, 0, 0) 0
TENNESSEE (0, 0, 1) 0
WEST VIRGINIA (1, 0, 0) 0
EVERY OTHER STATE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD: a big goose egg

AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR A BREAKDOWN
a white/hispanic man from NM (Richardson otra vez, con *)
a white man from Georgia (Jimmy Carter)
a hispanic woman from California (Angel somethingorother)
a black woman from Ohio (Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a repeat speaker from Ohio)
a white man from Wisconsin (name escaped me)
a white woman from Wisconsin (Tammy Baldwin)
a hispanic man from NJ (Bob Menendez otra vez, con *)
MY ATTENTION LAPSED AT THIS POINT
a white man from Ohio (name?)
a white woman from Arkansas (name?)
a hispanic man from California (name?)