Archive for August, 2008
LIVE DEM CONVENTION COVERAGE
From MSNBC, but you’ll just have to deal with it…
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Excerpts: Obama’s speech
It’ll knock plenty of socks off…but is it enough? Do the following words and paragraphs really ene dup winning this election for Obama? That is not a given.
Love the excerpts.
“Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story – of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young […]
What the Mile High backdrop says about “The Speech”
How much will the grand stage and Greek columns and general aura of a mammoth stadium diminish Obama’s stated goal of tonight’s long-awaited speech to “communicate (with) middle-class families…”?
The idea of putting the Dem nominee with a “elitist” image problem on an immense and lavishly decorated platform in the middle of a football stadium may […]
Veep Watch: Pick made, McCain to appear with them tomorrow
Stories are breaking fast on McCain’s VP selection as the campaign tries so hard to upset the total media domination that Obama’s nomination speech is sure to bring. Leaks are prevalent, and now the campaign itself is publicly making it known that McCain will announce his running mate tomorrow and then appear at a mega-rally […]
Chuck Todd’s BlackBerry
That’s where a fan of Ambinder thinks the McCain campaign will deposit their top secret Veep info during Obama’s speech tonight. Chuck Todd and baseball; couldn’t resist posting this lovely little comment…
Marc - remember back to the 2007 World Series.
It was the final innings of game 4, with the Red Sox about to close it […]
McCain TV: Nomination response shows a nicer side of McCain
“Convention Night,” the McCain campaign’s newest TV spot and an ad dedicated solely as a response to Obama’s nomination speech tonight, strikes us as truly puzzling.
On a night where Obama will lay out his case for the presidency and probably hammer McCain, the GOP nominee decides to surprise us all with a very positive and […]
DNC Denver - Day 4 schedule
Highlights from, well, you know the drill…
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Video & Remarks
The Honorable Howard Dean
Former Governor of Vermont
Chair of the Democratic Party
Video & Remarks: Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King
The Honorable John Lewis
Member of the US House of Representatives, Georgia
Rev. Bernice King
Daughter of the late Dr. King
Martin Luther King III
Oldest son of […]
Convention media coverage
What’s the worst thing about the abhorrent media coverage of the Dem Convention:
MSNBC personalities clawing each other’s eyes out live on TV - daily.
Wolf Blitzer promising to stop convention analysis for “any music as good as John Legend.”
Fox News degenerating into an outright GOP network, working with scripts matching McCain campaign talking points (”What if […]
Will storms force GOP Convention delay?
Ominous forecasts for TS Gustav, now swirling in the Caribbean , and even newly formed Hanna will soon force Republicans to make tough decisions on how or if to proceed with next week’s GOP Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has already pulled out of attending due to forecasts showing a potential Katrina-like hit […]
The Buzz
Momentum has finally pushed the Democratic Convention into high gear, with last night’s knockout speeches from Bill Clinton and Joe Biden and the painless roll call vote framing what the new Dem storyline will be coming out of Denver: The party is publicly unified, Barack Obama is prepared to be commander-in-chief, and that opposition to […]
