Politician kissing baby: +1 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/7743234824/sizes/z/in/photostream/">Barack Obama</a>/Flickr
On Thursday, President Barack Obama will arrive in Charlotte to accept the Democratic nomination for blah blah blah blah blah. Look, conventions can all start to mesh together at a certain point, so to help cut through the clutter, we’ve decided to turn the Democratic National Convention into a game: It’s the official MoJo DNC scavenger hunt. Winner wins nothing, unless you actually find John Edwards, in which case we’ll give you a reporting credit and you’ll probably get an earful from his people.
—Randall Terry delegate: +50
—Keith Judd delegate: +100
—Keith Judd: +911
—Phonetic transcript of Boston mayor Tom “Mumbles” Menino’s speech: +30
—Bank of America execs cozying up to Democratic members of the House Committee on Financial Services: +25
—Official DNC literature rebranding Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium as “Panther Stadium“: +5
—Hologram Ronald Reagan: +50
—Hologram Saul Alinsky: +500
—RNC Chair Reince Priebus, crashing a party: +10
—Empty chair: +1
—Delegate posing with empty chair: +20
—Cher, looking empty: +50
—A homeless person who hasn’t been forcibly relocated from downtown: +10
—A Scientologist trying to convert an Occupy protester: +5
—Newark Mayor Cory Booker: +10; with superhero cape: +100
—Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, looking lost: +5
—San Antonio’s 35-year-old mayor and keynote speaker Julian Castro: +5
—San Antonio’s 35-year-old congressman-elect Joaquin Castro: +5
—Reporter inadvertently interviewing Joaquin under the impression he’s identical twin Julian: +15
—Box of M&Ms with official presidential seal: +50
—Box of Nicorette gum with official presidential seal: +150
—Party that serves recently declassified White House beer recipe, a.k.a. “Swill List”: +20
—“Kill List”: +1,000
—Code Pink members protesting drones: +5; while being monitored by Charlotte Police Department drone: +35
—Faded Obama poster: +10; with twentysomething staring at it blankly: +20
—Conservative saboteur James O’Keefe: +5; dressed like an imam: +50; dressed like Iman: +100
—John Edwards: +200
—Biden!: +1; cruising around town in a freshly-washed Trans-Am: +101
—”Green” event sponsored by oil or natural gas company: +5 (up to 10)
—Event with union bosses catered by nonunion workers: +20
—Union bosses, period: +5 (up to 10)
—Drake, in character: +10
—Wayne Knight, in character: +50
—Kal Penn, in character: +100
—Use of term “game changer” to describe an ultimately meaningless speech: +1 (up to 100)
—Lawmaker-turned-lobbyist, talking to lawmakers: +10 (up to 10)
—Delegate with donkey on top of hat: +2 (up to 10)
—Delegate with dog on top of hat, à la Seamus Romney: +20
—Actual donkey: +20
—Hologram Seamus Romney: +400
—SOROOOOOOOS! +1,000
—Michael Jordan: Game Over
