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Sarah Palin, the VP pick! [ADDED: And the live-blog and profusion of comments continue here.]

August 29, 2008

Althouse / Ann Althouse (noreply@blogger.com)

The Barackopolis Open Thread…Reaction To Obama’s Coronation..Speech Added

August 29, 2008

Right Voices / Pam

Consider this an open thread to discuss Obama’s coronation.

Obama's speech shatters Nielsen ratings

August 29, 2008

TV Squad / Allison Waldman

Filed under: News, Programming, Ratings, Reality-FreeThe reviews from the political talking heads -- right and left -- have been mostly positive. The visuals were spectacular and riveting.

Tax. Spend. Create Great Jobs.

August 29, 2008

Washington Post / John E. Schwarz

The mantra of the free market has gained such a hold on Americans that Sen. John McCain recently aired an ad exclaiming, as if it's a given: "Higher taxes, more government spending, so fewer jobs.

Convention Speaker Report Card

August 28, 2008

Observer.com - All Articles / Steve Kornacki

A quick review of the most prominently featured speakers over the first three days of the Democratic convention – which ones helped, which ones hurt, and which ones did neither.

You Can’t Praise What Isn’t There

August 28, 2008

Webloggin / Bookworm at Bookworm Room

Unlike Hillary’s speech, Bill’s attempts to focus on Obama, rather than on generic Democratic goals.  Bill has a problem, though — the object of his praise has no record on which to run.

Denver: Why It Worked

August 29, 2008

The New York Observer / Steve Kornacki

On the whole, Barack Obama's broad, aggressive and studiedly unglamorous acceptance speech was a fitting end to a convention that he entered with three major tactical goals: (1) to calm the most ...

Sabato’s Crystal Ball: LIVE FROM DENVER

August 29, 2008

The Moderate Voice / HOLLY IN CINCINNATI

It turns out that Sabato’s Crystal Ball’s Dan Keyserling has been posting nightly from Denver (although we have not been getting emails) August 25, 2008 August 26, 2008 August 27, ...

The Buzz: Recapping Bill Clinton's speech

August 29, 2008

Kansas City Star: Politics

“The love was certainly there. And for the record, once he began speaking, Clinton took just over 20 minutes to deliver his 10-minute speech. Nobody minded. As usual, he was forgiven.

Stuck in A Groove

August 29, 2008

Washington Post / J. Freedom du Lac

Immediately after Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday, the producers of his party's convention cued "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen.

Daschle in a Good Place, in Politics and Life

August 29, 2008

Washington Post / Paul Kane

Thomas A. Daschle spent much of 2005 summoning friends and former colleagues to lengthy meetings.

Barack Obama Hits It Out of the Park at DNC

August 29, 2008

The Insider Online / TheInsider

Barack Obama rocked the house with his official acceptance speech at Denver's packed Mile High Stadium on the final day of the Democratic National Convention -- a day that also marked the 45th ...

Tanker Bid Moves Toward Endgame

August 29, 2008

washingtonpost.com - / Dana Hedgpeth

Score another one for Boeing.

If the Line Fits …

August 29, 2008

New York Times / By Jackie Calmes

Former President Bill Clinton reveals the source of a memorable line from his convention speech — an unmemorable beginning in 1995.

‘The Long Shadow of the Clintons:’ Germany’s Frankfurter Rundschau

August 28, 2008

The Moderate Voice / WILLIAM KERN

Hillary Clinton did what she had to do … Have the Clintons now gotten out of Obama’s way once and for all?

Excerpts From Obama's Speech: Where's Bill?

August 28, 2008

Observer.com - All Articles

The Obama campaign has just released some excerpts from tonight's speech by Barack Obama. It'll be interesting to see if he delivers the following line as prepared: "We are the party of Roosevelt.