Four years ago, I was very lucky...somehow, the California Republican poo-bahs picked me to be an Alternate Delegate to their convention in Philadelphia; a few short weeks later, the Democratic Convention was held in my hometown of Los Angeles. From these experiences, I was able to figure out how some almost-nobody like myself could become a hardcore political-convention-partygoer in just a few short days.

Helpful Hint #1: Think Counterintuitively

If your mission is to sneak into a party uninvited and get liquored up, then skip the usual suspects... In Boston, the NARAL, NOW and HRC f