Time: 7:30am

Today Naveed, Kristin, and Myself are jumping onto American Airlines flight 1038 to Minneapolis, MN.

Very lucky to have my beautiful wife with me…bright eyed and ready to rock.

Minneapolis is an awesome city- a lot like Austin, TX actually. Big creative scene, environmentally friendly, live music, and of course politically active.

Amazingly enough I ran in to Karl – field director for congressman Sam Johnson out of the Collin County Texas and Jim (RNC delegate). Funny thing happened though, I actually met Karl about 3 weeks ago via linkedin. We knew each other’s “virtual” identities, then randomly bumped into each other at DFW. Now that’s technology…Amazing.

We’ve barely left DFW and the excitement is definitely strong.

Score 2 guest passes to the convention, 1 more to go. Thanks Karl! Thanks Jim! If you’re reading this…send me your info! A thank you letter is definitely in store!

From all accounts, the DNC was absolute fabulous. Mass text messaging from the convention floor? Ridiculous. Probably one of the most technologically advanced conventions in history. Barack Obama has an AMAZING technological infrastructure – and rock star IT team I’m sure.

It’s not that republicans are not technologically advanced or that they’re against it all together. It’s just that their user base isn’t nearly as comfortable with it. Dems traditionally dominate in appealing to the younger generations.

Republicans, generally baby boomers, tend to prefer more traditional means of communication. But that is definitely changing. Congressman John Culberson blows my mind. Twittering away like crazy from the house floor! Keep it goin’.

At the end of the day, younger folks, like myself, tend to lean more moderate or democratic. I mean, come on…who wasn’t a bit liberal in college. Not to mention, we have tremendous amounts of energy and unbridled passion. We’re a curious, risk-taking generation, and, frankly, we want to do, change, and fix everything. Boundaries don’t exist in our minds. We want the reality of our lives to be shaped by our will.

For most of us Millenials, the democratic party offers this haven to us- it appeals to our desires to reshape society and spread our vision around the world. We just want to unleash our enthusiasm towards what we’re most passionate about.

Funny enough, at the end of the day – both parties want the same things. Better education, alternative fuels, hope, compassion for others, and a safer world to live in. We just disagree on the execution and strategy.

The enthusiastic base of each party is separated by about 2-3 decades. The younger generation leaning democratic, while the older generation generally leans republican. Maybe technology can help us bridge this gap so we can deliver a more bipartisan approach? This of course is part of my personal quest.

As for me…I’m a Millenial – a Gen Y. I don’t really care what party you’re in. I care about the issues. I have half a dozen friends who are democrats, and another half dozen who are republican, green, libertarian…whatever. I just want to change the world. I want to make politics accessible and exciting again. I want to empower people.

We’ll have to see how the RNCpans out, but as you can tell…

sentiment is strong, and I love this hat! Gotta love the passion here!

McCain always has a trick up his sleeve. So definitely don’t count him out…it’s a marathon…it’s about momentum…and John McCain is definitely capable of winning. It will be a close race. Either way, definitely time to party!

We’re excited about the Texas party, and the ONE campaign party – but I must say – I am SERIOUSLY stoked about the Google and Vanity Fair party.

Anyways, Naveed and I are writing our posts for realpolitix.com as we prepare to leave the terminal. While Kristin quietly catches up on the latest gossip in her new gossip girls reading addiction.

Many more posting moments to come as we blog, send pics, videos, and possibly some podcasts or exclusive interviews from our trip.

Let’s get educated and join the revolution together!

@tomserres & @realpolitix