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Palin To Break the Interview Silence

Sarah Palin is breaking the interview silence and has agreed to a sit down interivew with “Charles Gibson of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” according to an ABC News official.”
No other interviews are scheduled. It will be the first TV interview for Palin since she was named 10 days ago as running mate to John McCain.
Palin had [...]

Democrats Unveil ‘More of the Same’ Web Site

The D.N.C. unveiled a new web site today: www.JustMoreoftheSame.com. The NY Times blog The Caucus reports:
The site will feature research, videos and a blog highlighting Senator McCain’s ties to the Bush administration. Look for the video clip of Senator McCain saying that he has voted with President Bush 90 percent of the time to play a [...]

No News Is Bad News: TV and the Conventions

by Rosemary and Walter Brasch
During the time that Bill Clinton was rocking the Democratic convention, ABC, CBS, and Fox were showing re-runs, NBC was showing the second hour of “America’s Got Talent,” and the CW was showing the second season finale of “Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.”
Less than two decades ago, the networks gave the conventions [...]

Kerry Tears Into McCain is Convention Speech

John Kerry, our 2004 nominee, tore into John McCain tonight in his convention speech. He left no stone un-turned, he left as he pilloried John McCain with the “strongest language yet uttered from the convention podium.”
Seth Colter Walls notes on the HuffPo:
Kerry describes McCain as “insulting” and “desperate’ for questioning Obama’s patriotism, and “pathetic” for [...]

Hillary Calls On DNC to End Roll Call and Nominate Obama by Acclamation (VIDEO)

For all who were hoping for a floor fight today… Those hopes were dashed by a classy show of unity as Hillary Clinton called on the DNC to end the roll call vote and nominate Barack Obama by acclamation (emphasis mine):
Although there was some suspense over how the nomination process would play out, in the end, Senator [...]

Roll Call Vote Details Settled

CNN reports today that Barack Obama’s campaign said “that the details of a potentially contentious roll call had finally been hammered out after weeks of discussion with aides to Hillary Clinton.”
The New York senator’s supporters had successfully pressed for her name to be placed in nomination in Denver, and party leaders had feared that the [...]

Home Prices Continue to Decline

A brief note on the economy this morning. The NY Times reports that home prices are continuing to decline:
Home prices fell sharply again in June, according to a closely watched index released on Tuesday, the latest sign of the continuing struggles in the housing market.
The Case Shiller index shows that on “an annual basis, prices [...]

One Pundit’s Stupidity On Full Display

Forget any thing you ever hear from Mark Halprin. These overwhelmingly stupid remarks stunned even his fellow panelists. His premise? That the McCain house flap will rebound on Barack Obama and create serious damage. Please watch. [H/t to TPM for the original catch and Dkos for posting it on the front page.]
That was very nearly [...]

Late Night: Kennedy plans to address DNC

It’s been a while since I did a late night thread… so here goes…
John Daniello, the chairman of the Delaware Democratic Party on Obama - Biden: “Seeing them together now, they’re a natural team,” he said. “I think they’re going to do well.”
Florida and Michigan delgates to be seated with full voting rights: Dems give [...]

Americans Need to Tear Down THIS Wall

WANDERINGS, with Walter Brasch
The “star” of the Olympics may not be multiple medalists but the Great Wall of China. Every TV network covering the Olympics took the world to see the Wall. It seemed as if almost every newspaper and magazine reporter also visited the Great Wall.
But, the Great Wall, which was built and rebuilt [...]

Bloggers Head to Denver

Political bloggers are heading to Denver on the eve of the Convention. The NY Times has a piece in Fashion & Style that surely belongs in the political section of the Times: “The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived.”
Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake is there. She says, ”Let the Madness Begin.”
Although I am not among the [...]

Obama-Biden 08 is a Powerful Reality: A Historical Perspective

Joe Biden, current chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and past Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has officially been chosen as the presumptive Vice Presidential nominee for the Democratic Party in 2008 as Barack Obama’s running mate. Joe Biden is known for many things. His foreign policy experience heads the list but it could [...]