My chat with Gayle King at the Democratic Convention...

I had a gap between assignments this afternoon so I headed out to the Pepsi Center in Denver to roam around the Democratic National Convention to see what I could see. I'm not a political reporter so I used one of the Denver Post's hall passes during an off-peak time.
Went into the convention hall and watched some of the speeches and soaked up the atmosphere. Then went into the corridor and watched some correspondents from "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" do their thing. Then bumped into Gayle King, far prettier and youthful looking in person than she sometimes looks on television.

It had been a big day for Gayle because earlier Monday, she had interviewed Michelle Obama for her radio show. It was one of one of only two interviews the Democratic candidate's wife gave before her speech on the convention floor.

"I'd been up since 4 a.m. worried about Michelle's speech and she walks in cool as a cucumber. She said, 'Gayle, just relax, just breathe, it'll be okay."

King, a longtime media personality who is most famous for being Oprah Winfrey's best friend, dished a little about their chat.

"What gave me chills was when she was talking aoout marriage and relationships, that in all the years she's been married to Barack, he's never done anything to disappoint her. That he's a man of character, he's a man of dignity, and he's a man of great intelligence. That gave me chills. As somebody who is divorced, who has been disappointed, it was just good to hear somebody who believe that and speaks about it so passionately."

So how did King get the Michelle Obama interview anyway?

"I'm not above groveling," she admitted.