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Sunday, November 16, 2008

106 Denver arrests, 9 trials, 1 conviction

National | By Deedee Correll | November 16, 2008
The first wave of trials for protesters arrested during the Democratic National Convention has resulted in a stream of acquittals in what the defendants are calling an embarrassment to Denver and proof that prosecutors ought to drop the rest of the cases. Read more
 

Thursday, September 4, 2008

An actor gives the Republican team rave reviews

National | By Don Frederick And Andrew Malcolm | September 4, 2008
Fully ully 20% of Hollywood’s Republican celebrities are gathered in St. Read more
 

Some Hillary Clinton delegates remain displeased over ‘unity’ push

National | September 4, 2008
The “unity” convention in Denver is over. Read more
 

Friday, August 29, 2008

Rocking the house and the vote

National | By Michael Finnegan and John Mitchell | August 29, 2008
Not since John F. Kennedy’s speech at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1960 has the Democratic Party staged a spectacle so grand for the acceptance speech of its White House nominee. Read more
 

Californians glance at the 2010 election

National | By John L. Mitchell | August 29, 2008
At a breakfast gathering of California delegates Thursday, two big-city mayors spoke back-to-back, a potential preview of coming attractions. Read more
 

Gore cites his 2000 defeat in a not-so-subtle bid for party unity

National | By Don Frederick And Andrew Malcolm | August 29, 2008
It is not Al Gore’s style to wallow in what happened in the 2000 election – at least in public. Read more
 

Only the coolest delegates have even cooler cellphones

National | August 29, 2008
It must have been tough to be a delegate at the Democratic National Convention – you had to know when to scream for Hillary Rodham Clinton, when to scream for Barack Obama and when not to scream. Read more
 

A day like a dream

National | By James Rainey | August 29, 2008
Who can say for certain where the tears came from? Read more
 

World comes to watch

National | August 29, 2008
The nomination of Barack Obama isn’t just America’s story. Read more
 

Gore says his is cautionary tale

National | By Noam N. Levey and Peter Nicholas | August 29, 2008
On the final night of the nominating convention, Barack Obama turned to one of the party’s most potent symbols of loss: Al Gore. Read more
 

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Obama speech will carry the weight of history

National | By Michael Finnegan | August 28, 2008
For inspiration, Barack Obama looked to John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton as he wrote – and rewrote – the speech he will deliver tonight at the Democratic National Convention. Read more
 

In search of identity

National | By Thomas Curwen | August 28, 2008
Four years ago, Barack Obama introduced himself to America by painting a picture of a country that was united, somehow, in spite of itself. Read more
 

Obama ‘on the right side of history,’ Clinton says

National | By James Rainey | August 28, 2008
Former President Clinton urged Democrats and Americans to send his wife’s former rival, Barack Obama, to the White House this fall in an impassioned address designed to put to rest lingering divisions within the Democratic Party. Read more
 

GOP’s instant messaging

National | By Nicholas Riccardi | August 28, 2008
Moments after the advance text of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s convention speech was released Tuesday night, Republican operatives inside a cramped room in an office building just west of the Democratic National Convention began to pore over it. Read more
 

Deal keeps roll call out of limelight

National | By Peter Nicholas | August 28, 2008
The moment belonged to Hillary Rodham Clinton. Read more
 

Tardy for roll call

National | By Don Frederick And Andrew Malcolm | August 28, 2008
The mystery of why the California Democratic delegation, despite having a chance to do so, didn’t publicly announce its preferences in the roll call that led to the historic nomination of Barack Obama for president has been solved. Read more
 

While the media fiddle, the Democrats are burning with glee

National | By Mary Mcnamara | August 28, 2008
Karl Rove defending Bill Clinton from a disparaging Sean Hannity; Bill Clinton telling the thousands of conventioneers chanting his name to “please stop it, please sit down,” so he could anoint Barack Obama; Joe Biden honoring his white-haired mother for telling him to bloody the noses of the bullies who picked on him; Obama telling Hillary Rodham Clinton that she “rocked the house” – despite the best efforts of the television news outlets, it was a great night for Democratic television. Read more
 

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

L.A. mayor denies talk of a snub

California | Local | By John L. Mitchell and Phil Willon | August 27, 2008
Far from center stage, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spent the first day of the Democratic National Convention straining to speak over clattering dishes as he addressed a breakfast meeting Monday of the Florida delegation. Read more
 

Huffington Post, though popular, spreads itself thin

National | By James Rainey | August 27, 2008
The gravitational pull of Planet Huffington drew them in relentlessly in this convention-besieged city: news anchors, U.S. senators, Hollywood luminaries and everyday folks, orbiting like so many moons. Read more
 

A party that knows how to party

Entertainment | By Tina Daunt | August 27, 2008
– You know you are at a political convention when you see wonks dancing in the streets at 3 a.m, even in this city’s sober downtown. Read more
 
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