Like everyone else on the planet tonight, I have an opinion about The Speech, too.
I thought it was fabulous. I especially thought he did an excellent job of keeping the soaring rhetoric he used for much of the primaries in check, choosing instead to modulate his delivery between rational substance and hard-hitting points. This [...]
Excerpts of the Remarks of Senator Barack Obama
“The American Promise”
Democratic National Convention
August 28, 2008
Denver, Colorado
As prepared for delivery
“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 woman from
Kansas who weren’t well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in
America, [...]
Some things change; some things stay the same. The constants are good. Howard Dean is staying on as the chair of the DNC.
However, as of yesterday, no contributions from lobbyists or PACs will be accepted by the DNC. Senator Obama announced it on the campaign trail today in Bristol, VA. Chairman Dean’s [...]
As I mentioned last night, the meeting of the RBC today is meaningless. Harold Ickes, in high dudgeon, dramatically reserved Senator Clinton’s right to ‘take the Michigan compromise to the credentials committee.”
Clinton supporters, in addition to being incredibly rude and unruly, are unhappy that Obama was given ANY delegates in Michigan, just as I suspected. [...]
As much as I would have loved for this blog to be on the list, I am impressed with the list of bloggers that were given press credentials by the DNCC. Many of my “must-reads” are on there, including BlogHer, Jack and Jill Politics, Crooks and Liars, MOMocrats, AMERICAblog.com, Digby’s Hullabaloo, Firedoglake, MyDD, Obsidian [...]
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ARKANSAS- Under The Dome.com - http://www.underthedome.com
ARIZONA - Ted Prezelski - Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net
CALIFORNIA - Calitics- http://Calitics.com
COLORADO -SquareState.net - http://squarestate.net
CONNECTICUT -My Left Nutmeg - http://myleftnutmeg.com
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA- DCist.com - http://dcist.com
DELAWARE - TommyWonk - http://tommywonk.blogspot.com/
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FLORIDA [...]
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