Entries tagged “Convention”
Convention Chit Chat With Politico's James Kotecki
By Sarah Scully on 09/08/2008
Like Siskel & Ebert and later Ebert & Roeper, Sarah Scully & James Kotecki discuss the highlights and the low points of both conventions. MORE »
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Less Cowbell
By Sarah Scully on 08/15/2008
By Sarah Scully If you are one of the tens upon thousands of people planning to attend Barack Obama's unprecedented, football stadium nomination speech, be warned... you will have to leave your roller skates, dogs and cowbells at home. Here is the official Press Release on verboten items: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2008 DENVER -- As the Colorado Campaign for Change prepares to begin community credential distribution this weekend for the fourth night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced more details for the event on Thursday, August 28, at INVESCO Field at... MORE »
What Everyone Is Talking About Today
By Sarah Scully on 08/12/2008
By Sarah Scully In his autopsy on Hillary Clinton's campaign, Joshua Green unearthed a number of e-mails, diaries and meeting notes that are now available to read on The Atlantic's website. What is revealed is a campaign full of incredibly determined advisers, all with different battle plans and without a unifying credo. Pollster-turned-strategist, Mark Penn is prevalent throughout the documents as a voice for negative, sometimes merciless, campaigning that was not always heeded and eventually dismissed. The revelation could serve the Republicans well as a guide of what not to do and a reminder of Obama's potential weak spots. The... MORE »
Is Something Rotten In The State Of The Democratic Party?
By Sarah Scully on 08/07/2008
By Sarah Scully Recent word from Hillary Clinton's office urging a full vote of all delegates at the convention have sparked an abundance of headlines suggesting that her campaign may not be dead. Clinton has explained that the vote will serve as a catharsis for her supporters, giving them emotional clearance to move on to Senator Obama, once their voices have been heard. Supporting this is the fact that counting every delegate at the convention, even though a nominee has been selected, is part of a long held party tradition of acknowledging the also-rans and demonstrating respect for the democratic... MORE »
Vice S. C. A. G.?
By Sarah Scully on 05/23/2008
By Sarah Scully It's anyone's guess as to the true motivation of the Clinton campaign at this point. Are her intentions towards another office? Vice President seems a long shot but perhaps Supreme Court Justice or Attorney General? The S. A. T. results are in and Clinton scored high in Verbal but not in Math. However sexist the test may be, surprisingly, Senator Smartypants (and she is smart, probably smarter than you and me put together) did not perform as expected. Perhaps it was arrogance or all-too-human miscalculation, but the numbers just aren't there to support a presidential candidacy. Hillary... MORE »
Rumble in the Blogosphere
By Sarah Scully on 03/26/2008
By Sarah Scully The hostility between (and within) the campaigns is spilling over into the media and the world beyond. We usually look to Sunday morning pundits to satiate our bloodlust but it seems everyone has daggers out. From brothers to bloggers, people are dispensing critical beat downs on the state of the Democratic nomination. The major point of contagious contention this week is whether or not Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race. The Politico's Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen threw the first punch with a brass knuckle declaration that Clinton "has virtually no chance of winning" the... MORE »
