After  Tuesday's rousing opening of the Democratic National Convention,  delegates were ready to march around the walls of Jericho and waiting  for the walls to come tumbling down. The chattering class was making the  rounds ready to proclaim the election over with President Barack Obama  squarely seated for a 2nd term.

But  after the convention began today, an under current of discontent was  brewing. Many on the right as well as all the media personalities noted  two major omissions from the party platform which was approved Tuesday  afternoon. The first was that language about Jerusalem being the  official capitol of Israel had been removed. Then there was no mention  of God in any of the planks. For conservative and moderate Democrats  both of these together was too much.

Hastily  former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, who chaired the Platform  Committee, cobbled together 2 amendments to the platform to reinstate  God in the Party of Jefferson and to re-affirm, at the request of the  President, that Jerusalem was indeed the capitol of Israel.

Republicans  were all a tizzy seeing this as proof that Democrats were the party of  the godless seeking to rid all religion from the nation. But Democratic  leadership moved quickly to stop what was already a public relations  nightmare.

Even  the votes to approve the amendments are controversial. The 2nd vote was  taken 3 times...each time it seemed that the majority said, "No" to God  being invited to the party affair. However, Convention Chairman Los  Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa declared that by a 2/3's voice vote,  the delegates had approved God's admission. The groans were audible  along with the sounds of disapproval with the declaration.

How will this play to Citizen Joe and Citizen Jane back in the heartland?

Could this loose votes of independents, moderates and conservative Democrats in November?

From the Cornfield, after closing on such a high note, the Dems stepped in it today.