| 5:28 PM: | The Kennedy Legacy. As the DNC pays tribute to Sen. Ted Kennedy, Jeff Greenfield looks back at more than half a century of unforgettable political memories. CBS. | |
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| 5:26 PM: | Bloggers Take Your Questions On New Media and the Conventions. The 2008 conventions will be covered by hundreds of bloggers, many of whom boast a vast network of readers-- furthering the need for both campaigns to appeal to bloggers and reach out to young voters. Two bloggers covering the Democratic convention take your questions. NewsHour/PBS. | |
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| 5:24 PM: | Caroline Kennedy: Obama and Ted Came Along "When We Need[ed] Them the Most" Excerpts of Caroline Kennedy's speech: "I am here tonight to pay tribute to two men who have changed my life, and the life of this country - Barack Obama, and Edward M. Kennedy. Their stories are very different, but they share a commitment to the timeless American ideals of justice and fairness, service and sacrifice, faith and family." Atlantic. | |
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| 2:33 PM: | Is Joe Lieberman Really Supporting John McCain Out of Principle? ...an apostate to his party and perhaps the most hated politician in the United States New York. | |
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| 2:20 PM: | Republicans Unveil War Room in Denver. The G.O.P. is making sure that the Democratic National Convention is not the only show in town this week. NYT. | |
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| 2:19 PM: | Democratic convention opens. Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean just banged the gavel to officially open his party's national convention. USA Today. | |
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| 2:16 PM: | We're Doing it Live! Your resident Daily Kos bloggers are here at the Big Tent, which is a two-story structure close to the Pepsi Center and blogger central at the Democratic National Convention. Daily Kos. | |
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| 2:13 PM: | Obama preps in solitude for speech. "This speech requires more thought, more preparation," Obama told the Chicago Tribune in an interview published Saturday. "I'm not focused on trying to match the soaring rhetoric or levels of excitement that we had four years ago. This is much more a yeoman-like task of making the case for my presidency." USA Today. | |
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| 2:05 PM: | Biden's first stop in Denver: at a barbecue house. Sen. Joe Biden, arriving here for the Democratic convention, put in his first Denver appearance Monday at a downtown barbecue stand where he picked up five pulled-pork sandwiches to go. AP. | |
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| 10:24 AM: | Protesters: We're being treated like prisoners. A small group of protesters has marched to the demonstration zone outside the Democratic National Convention, complaining they are being treated like political prisoners. AP. | |
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| 9:48 AM: | McCain Campaign Tries the Chicken Prank. I almost feel like a dupe writing about the second pro-Hillary ad McCain released today at 6am: It's a stunt, a trick meant to keep him in the press during the Democratic convention and gin up more Hillary-Obama-tension media storylines. Message: neener neener neener. New Republic. | |
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| 9:39 AM: | The Bush Convention. You can expect to hear a lot more about President Bush at the Democratic convention this week than at the Republican one next week. Washington Post. | |
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| 9:38 AM: | Jackson compares Obama to Jackie Robinson. During a Politico panel, Jesse Jackson Jr. says: "No one wants an angry African-American man in the White House." Politico. | |
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| 9:37 AM: | Previewing the convention. Salon's Rebecca Traister and Caitlin Shamberg report from the scene that was the Pepsi Center on the eve of the convention's opening day. Salon. | |
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| 9:22 AM: | A Joe of His Own? If you're pro-life, conservative and/or Republican, you certainly don't want Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid running the country. If a McCain-Lieberman ticket is the best way to thwart that prospect, you could probably learn to live with it -- even perhaps to like it. Bill Kristol. | |
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| 9:18 AM: | Clinton's riposte. "I'm Hillary Clinton and I do not approve that message," Clinton tells the New York delegation of McCain's ad that features her old criticism of Obama. Ben Smith. | |
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| 9:16 AM: | Clinton says party is united. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told her state delegation over breakfast this morning that it is time to put aside her presidential ambitions -- and regrets over her failure to win the Democratic nomination -- and unite behind her former rival. USA Today. | |
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| 8:19 AM: | Kennedy To Attend Convention's Opening Night. Kennedy, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in May, has already arrived in Denver. His spokeswoman said that he would be in the Pepsi Center to watch a tribute to him. The Hill. | |
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| 8:17 AM: | Bill Clinton not happy with convention role. Bill Clinton is perplexed and, frankly, not happy that he was asked to speak about national security Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention and not about the economy, the issue that he rode to the White House. CNN. | |
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| 8:16 AM: | Accentuate the Negative. Over the past month or so many Democrats have had the sick feeling that once again their candidate brought a knife to a gunfight. Paul Krugman. | |
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