Donna Brazile (Photo: Getty)

CHARLOTTE, NC -- First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to the African American Caucus at the Democratic National Convention this morning. Prior to Ms. Obama's speech, the audience heard from Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Donna Brazile and Virgie Rollins, chairwoman of the Black Caucus. The two women mocked the absence of racial diversity and dance skills they saw on display at last week's Republican National Convention in Tampa.

"The other side, when you saw their African American delegates, they were a little bit lacking weren't they?" Ms. Rollins said after noting that this year's Democratic convention is hosting the largest delegation in the history of the Black Caucus.

When it was Ms. Brazile's turn to speak she began by speaking to the empty chair next to her in a spoof of actor Clint Eastwood's RNC speech.

"They told us when we got in this morning to get in quickly and take your seat and I just want to let my seat know I'll be right back," she joked to huge laughs from the crowd.

Ms. Brazile went on to discuss how Ms. Obama got the audience "on our feet" with her convention speech last night. She assured the audience that Bill Clinton and the other speakers on this evening's convention schedule would also have the crowd "stomping your feet," something she said she didn't witness at last week's RNC.

"I was at the Republican Convention last week and nobody could get down. I went down there one day, they were playing some of the Motown. I said, 'Can you all just move?' They're sitting there like this," Ms. Brazile said making a stiff, still pose.

In contrast, Ms. Brazile said, at the DNC, "last night you all had it down."

Politicker actually witnessed some dancing when we were at the RNC last week. However, we're not remotely qualified to judge the quality of the Republican delegates' dance moves.

Ms. Pelosi was billed as a "special guest" at the reception, which was a celebration of Mr. Nadler's 20th year in Congress. The event was held at the Bryant Park Grill.

Mr. Nadler doesn't have anyone running against him this year and he scheduled his fundraising bash the same night President Barack Obama had a trio of Manhattan fundraisers, but our sources said the congressman still managed to draw about 200 supporters including several prominent elected officials. In addition to Ms. Pelosi and Ms. Quinn our tipster said Congressman Eliot Engel and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio were also in attendance.

President Obama

President Barack Obama is currently on stage giving a commencement speech at Barnard College. In his speech, the president reminisced about the year he graduated from Columbia College, 1983. President Obama noted that year was the first time Columbia admitted a coeducational class and that, at the time, "music was all about Michael and the moonwalk."

"Do it!" one of the graduates in the audience shouted when the president mentioned Michael Jackson's famous dance.

Though the crowd cheered for him to dance, President Obama declined to demonstrate his moonwalk technique.

"No moonwalk," he said. "No moonwalking today.

Charlie Rangel, dancing! (Photo: YouTube)

Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel may have been serving in Congress since the early 1970s, but that doesn't mean he can't bring the funk, should the situation call for it.

Indeed, earlier this morning, his Twitter account blasted out the YouTube video below with the message, "At 82, I still got the dance moves!"

The video is described as a "turn out the vote rally" for a 2010 election, but it was just uploaded to YouTube today for the world to enjoy. It's worth watching the smiling Mr. Rangel clearly enjoying himself on the dance floor:

(h/t Capital Tonight)