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Blog Entries for Sunday, August 31
A Perfectly Executed Media Blackout
As I look back on last Friday's announcement by John McCain of his running mate, I'm still shaking my head about how effective the timing of it turned out to be, all but snuffing out the media momentum that Democrats hoped to gain. When I went to bed after midnight, ...
All Smiles For Gov. Palin
I visited four state delegations on Sunday in search of delegates and I couldn't find anyone who wasn't completely thrilled with John McCain's pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his running mate. Now, I have seen some political spin in my day, so I know that some of it ...
A Change of Script
Republicans didn't have much choice as they start their convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. They could go forward and take a lot of flak, or truncate their business for now in deference to Hurricane Gustav's fury. They chose the latter, with John McCain being very pro-active about the change in ...
Blog Entries for Saturday, August 30
Happy Birthday Dad!
One thing that I am missing while on the road for these conventions is the 75th birthday of my father, who has taught me about politics and laid the groundwork for me to act like I know what I'm talking about when it comes to Congress and the political world. ...
Thank You, St. Paul
Don't get me wrong, Denver was a nice place. But to have a convention in the Pepsi Center, there just wasn't the type of work space that was really needed by the media. So when we arrived at our spot in Minnesota early on Saturday morning, I was all smiles. ...
Blog Entries for Friday, August 29
The Experience Argument
By choosing Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate, John McCain seems to have undermined a key tenet of his campaign so far, that Barack Obama is not experienced enough to be President. It's a classic argument really. It was made against Bill Clinton when he ran in ...
Conservatives Thrilled By McCain Pick
As news was breaking Friday of John McCain's choice for running mate, both sides tried their best to influence the way the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin was going to be reviewed by the news media and the voters of the US. Most Democrats ridiculed the choice, with Sen. Barbara ...
McCain-Palin
I'm writing this quickly before leaving Denver to go to Minneapolis for the Republican Convention, where John McCain will be nominated for President, and now Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be his running mate. After watching her speak at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, I was struck by several things. ...
Inside Mile High Stadium
I spent several hours inside Mile High Stadium in Denver before Barack Obama made his acceptance speech to Democratic delegates and thousands of others jammed into the NFL stadium of the Denver Broncos. It was every bit as impressive of a venue as you might expect. The whole tiff over ...
Obama The Nominee
If you were hoping that Barack Obama would throw a tire and flub his acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium in Denver, you were betting on the wrong longshot. Nothing seemed to go wrong as the Illinois Senator made history. Democrats can head home today with a big smile on their ...
Next Stop: St. Paul
As soon as Barack Obama's speech was over and I had written, recorded and filed my stories for Friday morning, my efforts shifted from journalism to tearing down my equipment and packing it up for St. Paul, Minnesota. This year is especially awful on many of us from Washington, D.C., ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, August 27
A Sold Out Mile High Stadium
As Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination tonight, there is some risk involved, as Democrats moved the last night's activities from the convention hall used the first three nights in Denver to the NFL football stadium just down the street. It's not really the weather that I would be worried ...
The Clintons Join The Bandwagon
By the time Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic Convention ended, his repeated full throated endorsements of Barack Obama were becoming so repetitive that I began to wonder if he was playing a trick on us. But no, it was no political trick by the former President, just his usual ...
Barack Obama Makes History
The headline should be pretty simple, that Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination for President in 2008. But the story is weaved with a tapestry of American political and social stories that is oh, so much more complex. No black candidate has ever been tapped by either the Republican or ...
Chalk Up Another Convention
While we get ready for Barack Obama's acceptance speech tonight in Denver, part of my job will be to write about the end to the Democratic Convention, but I will also have to break down my equipment as soon as possible and get ready for the trip to St. Paul, ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, August 26
Hillary And Barack Part Two
Did any of you really think that Hillary Clinton was going to do anything but give a full throated endorsement of Barack Obama last night? Did you really think she would do anything less? I have downplayed all this talk about the Obama-Clinton rift in the weeks leading up to ...
Down On The Convention Floor
Even someone like me who has been to ten political conventions will admit, when you walk out into the convention hall, and see the big rostrum, the lights, the delegates and everyone else, it's a pretty cool scene. The Pepsi Center is a first class arena that is needed to ...
Democrats And Talk Radio
I don't have any smoking gun evidence, but from two days of observation, it sure seems like most Democrats have decided to avoid talk radio shows broadcasting from the Pepsi Center here at the Democratic National Convention. Four years ago in Boston, Democratic lawmakers and strategists weren't acting like talk ...
Upstaging The Convention
As Democrats prepare to formally nominate Barack Obama for President, it's a good time to remember something basic. There is always the chance that some story outside of the convention could blot out the campaign message. I don't think the start of instant replay in Major League Baseball games is ...
Blog Entries for Monday, August 25
Another Convention Monday
It was a typical Monday at a major political convention, one this time which included grass, sidewalks and curbs, jersey walls and tall fences, media bigwigs and political hopes of everyday delegates. The nice lady at the front desk of my hotel started Monday off the right way by setting ...
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