When asked earlier today if CODEPINK might try the tactic again, another of the group's founders, Gail Murphy, said "Don't be surprised."

(From Rob Margetta)

Let's remember about one week ago, when Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination. The music following his speech was the inspirational music from "Remember the Titans."

Then think back to earlier tonight. Following John McCain's speech, the crowd heard inspiring music from the movie "Rudy."

Not that we're reading into anything but we thought we'd refresh your memory on what both movies are about.

"Remember the Titans": About a racially integrated team that overcame obstacles and won the Virginia state football championship.

"Rudy": About an undersized football player who overcame adversity to inspire fellow athletes and earn a spot on the University of Notre Dame football squad.

Yep, that includes you Coloradans, Ohioians, Pennsylvanians and a handful of other voters from states that are considered toss-ups or narrowly likely to vote for one candidate.

That includes you too Michiganders, who, according to CQ writer Greg Giroux have been mentioned more than members of any other state in speeches by Biden, Palin, Obama and McCain.

Now, of course this is an early stage, but who wouldn't want to be going after a state that boasts the nation's worst unemployment?

The Anti-War Committee has gone through with its promise to march from the Capitol to the Xcel Energy Center. Using roadblocks made out of lines of bicycle-mounted police and officers in riot gear, security forces diverted the march from its intended path of heading straight south to the Xcel Center.

The crowd of about 1,000 was driven - still marching at a controlled pace - onto the John Ireland Boulevard overpass, where they stopped, halted by a line of horse-mounted police, backed by riot squads and, further back, snow plows. The crowd is mostly full of young-looking people - from high school to their 20s.

The former vice president under Jimmy Carter was a rock star in the world of politics nearly a quarter-century ago. Of course, he was a Democrat, but that doesn't take away the fact that he got his party's nomination in 1984. Of course, Mondale did lose that race to President Ronald Reagan in a landslide.

With police lining every street, one cab driver said his town had suddenly turned into a police state.

"I've been to Gaza and the West Bank, and I've never seen anything like it," he said.

A female flagged down another cab outside the Xcel Center, and the driver stopped to let her in. But an officer came running and screamed at the driver, "The next time you do that I'm taking you to jail."

Kissinger, secretary of state from 1973-1977, said he was "under some attack" when Humphrey invited him to make several joint speaking appearances in Minnesota. Humphrey, a senator and former vice president at the time, was contemplating another run for the White House. He had lost the 1968 campaign to Republican Richard M. Nixon -- who was advised on foreign policy by Kissinger.

"Occasionally, I would have him introduce me," Kissinger said, recalling Humphrey's legendary gift for gab. "If he introduced you, you never got to speak."

Gail Murphy, one of CODEPINK's founders, said the police and the protesters had come to a truce of sorts. During Wednesday's event, "We spoke to them as human beings," she said. "We asked them to look at us as human beings. We really tried to treat them as human beings, and I think they returned the favor."

The song, written by country superstar John Rich, who is best known for his part in duo Big & Rich, already has nearly 50,000 hits on YouTube.com and can be expected to be played on airwaves throughout the country this fall.

Police said the two women came in dressed to blend in with delegates and later shed the disguises and began yelling during Palin's speech. Security dragged both of the women, clad in bright pink, out of the auditorium. The women were not arrested, but their credentials were confiscated.

"As they were heckling on the floor, they were removed from the floor," St. Paul Police Chief John M. Harrington said.

(From CQ reporter Rob Margetta)

A CODEPINK protester made it in, and began yelling and waving a banner near the Minnesota delegation's spot on the floor. Security dragged her off, struggling.

(From CQ reporter Rob Margetta)

9:04

Before Rudolph Giuliani took the stage, members of the New York delegation craned their necks for a glimpse of Palin's 6-year-old daughter Piper.

"That little girl is the cutest thing I've ever seen!" said delegate Alana Sweeney.

(From CQ reporter Rob Margetta)

"He's absolutely phenomenal," McErlane said. "This guy has got guts and energy. Even when Arlen was in chemotherapy, it was a big deal for him to do at least five days a week in the squash courts."

McErlane said his law firm supplied an associate named Evan, who is 35, to play with the Senator. Specter didn't run Evan off the court, but, McErlane said, "He's still a pretty good squash player."

(From CQ reporter Rob Margetta)