September 6, 2008 – 01:30 pm
From NY Times’s interactive graphic, The Rhetoric and the Reality: “A political convention is a license if not to lie then at least to tell the truth creatively. At their quadrennial gatherings over the last two weeks, Democrats and Republicans presented their records and their platforms — and those of their opponents — through typically [...]
September 4, 2008 – 11:19 am
From Sam Stein’s GOP Convention Drawing Far Fewer Viewers Than Dems: “According to the Nielsen ratings, 14.2 million people viewed the second day (technically the first) of the GOP convention — a full 4.3 million less than watched the Democrats last Tuesday. The majority of viewers were 55 years or older…”
August 29, 2008 – 02:20 pm
From Alternet’s The Democratic Convention Was Anything But Conventional: “Perhaps the convention’s value was most pronounced at the interpersonal level where liberal activists kibbutzed with campaign operatives, bloggers met politicians, and — as I saw firsthand — potential Obama administration officials began dialoguing with Congress’ most committed progressive leaders…I remembered that while conventions are usually [...]
August 29, 2008 – 01:13 pm
The Democratic Convention is over. Along with a slew of lesser names, we’ve heard from Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, and now, finally, the nominee himself, Sen. Barack Obama.
The Clintons
Let’s start with the Clintons. As much as I can’t stand her, Sen. Clinton’s speech was pretty [...]
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