| 5:15 PM: | Thousands Gather to Watch Obama Accept Nomination. Sen. Barack Obama will aim to give voice to his personal story and political goals as he tells a crowd of 75,000 in a Denver stadium how he would lead as president. NewsHour/PBS. | |
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| 5:14 PM: | Lines into Denver stadium stretch miles. Charlie Dominguez is spending his 47th birthday standing in line at Invesco Field, hoping he will be able to count a ticket to Sen. Barack Obama's Thursday night acceptance speech among his birthday gifts. CNN. | |
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| 5:13 PM: | McCain aide: Gustav could delay St. Paul. A McCain campaign spokesman tells MarketWatch that Republican convention organizers are watching the track of Tropical Storm Gustav and could delay the convention if the storm stuck the Gulf Coast. USA Today. | |
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| 4:27 PM: | What's missing from the Democratic convention? The Republicans will spend the next four days mercilessly ripping Barack Obama's character to shreds, as they did to John Kerry in 2004. Salon. | |
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| 4:04 PM: | McCain decides on running mate. Without explanation, Pawlenty called off an interview with The Associated Press at the last minute, as well as other media interviews in Denver, site of the Democratic National Convention. AP. | #21 |
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| 3:16 PM: | Who's McCain's running mate? The buzz around Sen. John McCain's selection of his running mate has reached its loudest volume yet. We know McCain is going to appear with his choice at a campaign rally on Friday. USA Today. | #14 |
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| 3:15 PM: | MSNBC's meltdown. The station's feuding anchors add an acrimonious subplot to the Democratic Convention. Salon. | #7 |
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| 3:14 PM: | DNC prepares reporters for St. Paul. Tomorrow -- probably just as McCain announces his VP pick -- much of the political press corps will depart here to Minneapolis-St. Paul for next week's GOP convention. And to get reporters ready for Minnesota, the Democratic National Committee yesterday passed around a travel kit containing a few gags targeted at McCain and the GOP. For starters, there's a button that reads, "Ask Me How Many Houses I Own." MSNBC. | #25 |
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| 3:12 PM: | Aide: McCain Has Made VP Selection. An aide says Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided on a running mate early Thursday. CBS. | #19 |
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| 12:02 PM: | John Kerry: I learned my lesson in 2004. The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee talks about his blistering attack on John McCain in Wednesday's speech -- and what he should've done differently four years ago. Salon. | #6 |
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| 12:02 PM: | What Exactly Went Wrong For Clinton. In any other year, Hillary Clinton would have won the Democratic nomination, says Politico.com 's Roger Simon. He breaks down the Clinton campaign's missteps -- at the forefront, a simple lack of staff experience. NPR. | #5 |
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| 12:01 PM: | Obama Building On Historic Path To Nomination. History was made Wednesday in Denver as a major political party for the first time nominated a black man to be president of the United States. Barack Obama will accept the nomination Thursday at the pary's convention. Early on, his campaign was propelled by his opposition to the Iraq war, but it succeeded for reasons well beyond the war. NPR. | #23 |
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| 12:00 PM: | Pawlenty heads to Denver to back McCain. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty joined some other Republicans in Denver this morning to rip Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. MPR. | #17 |
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| 5:23 AM: | Biden -- and Kerry and Clinton -- go on the attack. Before Barack Obama's surprise appearance, a tag team of Democrats, including Bill Clinton, piles on John McCain. And Joe Biden, Rove-style, goes right for McCain's supposed strength. Salon. | #2 |
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| 5:23 AM: | Clinton hails Obama. Former President Bill Clinton declared he was "here to support Barack Obama" at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday. CNN. | #11 |
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| 5:23 AM: | Analysis: Denver seems like the Clinton Convention. Rarely in the history of American political conventions has the losing side received so much time and attention as this week in Denver. AP. | #8 |
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| 5:22 AM: | US household incomes fail to grow. The average household in the US is no richer now that six years ago despite strong economic growth. BBC. | #12 |
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| 5:22 AM: | Obama hopes unique biography can also seem familiar. Barack Obama burst onto the national stage four years ago with a speech describing himself as a skinny guy with a funny name and an improbable life story. Reuters. | #20 |
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| 5:21 AM: | Backstory: The Clintons and a family bond. It was classic Clinton. CNN. | #10 |
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| 5:21 AM: | Poll: Obama's Strengths and Weaknesses. Americans are more likely to say that Barack Obama cares about the needs of people and would work well with both parties to get things done in Washington. However, John McCain rates better as being a strong and decisive leader. Gallup. | #24 |
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| 5:21 AM: | Third Night Speech Report Cards. Mark Halperin gives Joe Biden an A- "Addressing his party's convention as a headliner was clearly a moment he's dreamed about for two decades." Mark Halperin. | #9 |
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| 5:19 AM: | The Dangers of Outdoors. Dems nervous over Invesco risks particularly the vaguries of the weather. Mark Halperin. | #15 |
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| 5:17 AM: | Blogger arrested over leak of Guns N' Roses songs. A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000. AP. | #18 |
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| 8/27/2008: | Clinton Soap Opera, R.I.P. One of the hardest-to-kill story lines of this convention has been about the Clintons: that they do not accept Barack Obama's victory and that they are scheming to make trouble for his candidacy. Campaign Stops. | #4 |
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| 8/27/2008: | Historians Give High Marks to Former President Bill Clinton's Speech. In a speech that drew huge applause from the crowd, former President Bill Clinton said, "The Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander in chief... Sound familiar?" NewsHour/PBS. | #3 |
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| 8/27/2008: | Rove tried to kill Lieberman VP pick. Sources say Rove called Lieberman urging him to stop VP consideration. Politico. | #1 |
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| 8/27/2008: | Biden, officially the vice-presidential nominee, takes the stage. On Wednesday night, Joe Biden showed why Barack Obama chose him as his running mate. Salon. | #16 |
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| 8/27/2008: | McCain Veep Pick Coming 11 a.m. Friday. Senator John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with McCain's campaign said Wednesday. He is expected to reveal his choice at a rally at a basketball arena in Dayton, Ohio, at 11 a.m. The Hill. | #22 |
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| 8/27/2008: | Bill Clinton Throws His Full Weight Behind Obama, Blasts Bush/McCain Legacy. The contrast between the Clinton legacy and the Bush/McCain legacy is just devastating. Crooks and Liar. | #13 |
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| 8/27/2008: | Gallup Daily: Race Still Close With Obama 45%, McCain 44% The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking average from Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday shows a race that is still close, with Barack Obama at 45% and John McCain at 44% among registered voters. Gallup. | |
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| 8/27/2008: | Obama and Biden on board for post-Denver bus tour. When Barack Obama and Joe Biden campaign by bus in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio after wrapping up the Democratic National Convention, they'll be following a familiar route. AP. | |
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| 8/27/2008: | Wife blasted for keeping Edwards affair secret. At a time when she was expected to hold a prominent role in pushing an agenda of improved health care for Americans, she stands silent. While fellow Democrats converge in Denver, Colorado, to nominate Barack Obama for president, Edwards remains in seclusion in North Carolina. CNN. | |
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| 8/27/2008: | McCain plans 3-state VP rollout. The GOP nominee-in-waiting will move to immediately change the campaign conversation from Barack Obama's football stadium acceptance speech Thursday to the new Republican ticket, to be revealed at a noontime Friday rally in a Dayton, Ohio, basketball arena. Politico. | |
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| 8/27/2008: | Biden is wrench in McCain's VP choice. A McCain gaffe over how many homes he owns -- he told Politico he didn’t know the exact number -- would take on new life if multimillionaire Romney became his running mate. Politico. | |
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| 8/27/2008: | Source: Bill Clinton will not attend Obama's Invesco speech. Hillary Clinton will be on hand for Barack Obama's acceptance speech, but according to a source close to former President Bill Clinton, he will not: the source tells CNN that Clinton will not join his wife at Invesco Field Thursday night. CNN. | |
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| 8/26/2008: | Determined to Give Speech, Kennedy Left Hospital Bed. Mr. Kennedy's aides described a harrowing 48-hour period in which it appeared that Mr. Kennedy would not be able to give the convention speech. NYT. | |
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| 8/26/2008: | In The Hall Tonight. You'll see "Hillary Voters for Obama" signs... Atlantic. | |
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| 8/26/2008: | Hillary Clinton speaks at convention. The press concocts a story. This newly manufactured media attack on Clinton is just the latest in a long line of press grenades thrown her way this year. But this time, she's not the only victim, because the media's concocted story line is being used to unfairly skewer Barack Obama, too. Media Matters. | |
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| 8/26/2008: | Convention Parties: Dancing to a Different Tune. Some have noted that this convention is one of the most disciplined and organized the Democratic party has put on: I confess my own expectations were rather low. But it's certainly clean and articulate, as Joe Biden might say. Denver is bright and shiny, the convention sprawls over acres but manages to still feel basically navigable, and someone upstairs has decided that mass-produced fake hand-made signs are not any more convincing than obviously mass-produced signs, thus adding a pleasing sense of -- dare I say it? -- unity to shots of the convention floor. CQ. | |
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| 8/26/2008: | All the way with Obama? "He is a little like Adlai Stevenson," Rendell mused. "You ask him a question, and he gives you a six-minute answer." Ben Smith. | |
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| 8/26/2008: | Clinton makes the rounds. Before her big speech tonight, Hillary Clinton spent the afternoon addressing events organized by women's groups. Salon. | |
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| 8/26/2008: | Report: Bill Clinton To Accompany Wife to Convention Hall. A convention official tells the Atlantic's Ambinder that the former president will join his wife at the Pepsi Center Tuesday. Unclear whether he will appear on stage. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 8/26/2008: | Minneapolis cops confiscate cameras. Minneapolis police officers detained three activist filmmakers early this morning, and confiscated their video equipment. MPR. | |
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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/25/2008: | 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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| 8/24/2008: | Obama Gives Up on MO and NC? Ohio to the Rear. Given the extent to which the Obama campaign played up Biden's Pennsylvania roots during the VP roll out, it's not hard to imagine some real concern within the Obama campaign about their position there. Conspicuously absent from the first level is Ohio. John McCain. | |
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| 8/24/2008: | CNN poll: Post-Biden poll shows dead heat. It's a dead heat in the race for the White House. The first national poll conducted entirely after Barack Obama publicly named Joe Biden as his running mate suggests that battle for the presidency between the Illinois senator and Republican rival John McCain is all tied up. CNN. | |
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| 8/24/2008: | Colin Powell in McCain mix. Powell, who was President Bush's first secretary of state, would add celebrity to the ticket, as well as reinforce McCain's strength as a potential commander in chief, which his campaign considers to be one of his chief assets. Politico. | |
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| 8/24/2008: | NV Poll: McCain +7. In conjunction with the Denver Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, and Salt Lake Tribune, Mason-Dixon recently conducted a survey of six Western states: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Time. | |
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| 8/24/2008: | Obama-Biden Web site on sale for $100,000. Perhaps the most obvious site for an Obama-Biden ticket, obamabiden.com, is owned by someone else. Lyle Dean bought that site back in 2006. He also owns obamabiden2008.com. CNN. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Mississippi Presidential Election. The Republican leads 84% to 13% among white voters, while African-Americans favor the Democrat by a 97% to 2% margin. Rasmussen. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Joe Biden steps up for Obama. The energized vice-presidential candidate uses Saturday's rally to chain John McCain to George W. Bush and propel the Democratic ticket toward the convention. Salon. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Obama campaign says Web response to pick of Biden has been strong. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign says it has a couple figures that point to a strong, positive response from supporters to the news that he chose Sen. Joseph Biden to be his running mate. USA Today. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Biden got Obama call during root canal. Joe Biden got the call from Barack Obama while undergoing a root canal. AP. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | McCain and Biden are both rivals and friends. Longtime political rivals but personal friends, John McCain and Joe Biden are reprising those roles that they have mastered. USA Today. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Best-laid plans: Media beat Obama to the punch. Sen. Barack Obama's pledge to supporters that they would be the "first to know" his running mate turned out to be a brilliant but unworkable communications strategy. AP. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Obama must use convention to regain momentum. Democrats open their four-day convention Monday with political winds at their back, but with a nagging, all-important question before them. AP. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Observations from today's Obama/Biden event. After watching the unveiling of the ticket, it's clear Obama hired Biden to accomplish three things: 1) Connect the ticket with blue-collar voters. Notice, Biden led his remarks with the economy. 2) Sell Obama's story. Biden owned Obama's biography in a way we've yet to see from the candidate himself. 3) Credibly attack John McCain. Biden didn't mince words about his old "friend". MSNBC. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Six things the Biden pick says about Obama. In the most important decision of his public career, Obama revealed important clues about his own instincts and his theory of the case for the general election. Politico. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Biden has never lived in DC; he commutes home every night. Senator Biden has never lived in DC; he began commuting home to Delaware every night back in 1972 when his first wife and infant daughter were killed in a car accident. Since mommy never came home for his two young boys, he said, daddy had to come home every night. MyDD. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Obama leads McCain in hunt for 270 electoral votes. Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in the state-by-state battle for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, flirting with the magic number ahead of their back-to-back nominating conventions. AP. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Gallup Daily: Election Remains a Statistical Dead Heat. Gallup's last daily tracking update on the election conducted entirely before the announcement of Sen. Joe Biden to be Barack Obama's running mate finds the race nearly tied, with Obama favored by 46% of registered voters and John McCain by 44%. Gallup. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Biden pick shows lack of confidence. In picking Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, Barack Obama sought to shore up his weakness - inexperience in office and on foreign policy - rather than underscore his strength as a new-generation candidate defying political conventions.
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| 8/23/2008: | Biden was told Thursday. Joe Biden has a reputation of liking to talk, but it appears he can keep a secret. Obama spokesman Bill Burton told CNN the Delaware Democrat was told Thursday he would be the Democratic VP choice. "He's a discreet man, we are proud to have in on the team," Burton said. CNN. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | In the Field: Random Access. CNN's Cal Perry reports: "While waiting for my flight to board, I sat in the business lounge enjoying a relaxing drink; finally, an opportunity to simply listen to my iPod and clear my head. All of a sudden I look up - and walking towards me is Joseph Biden, the Democratic senator from Delaware." CNN. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Reaction in Scranton to Biden News. A place that supported Hillary Rodham Clinton during the primaries celebrates the news that another hometown kid is now on the ticket. NYT. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Bayh: 'It Was an Honor to Be Considered' Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh (D) was quick Saturday to take news of his non-selection as Barack Obama's running mate with a smile, issuing a statement saluting Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) instead. The Hill. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | McCain calls Biden. John McCain has called Joe Biden to congratulate him on being named Barack Obama's running mate, two GOP sources tell CNN. CNN. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Other Dem VP prospects weigh in. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, both believed to be considered for the Democratic VP position, are praising Obama's choice of Joe Biden. "I'm delighted Senator Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate," Sebelius said in a statement. CNN. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Analysis: What Biden's Pick Means. Even though the selection of Biden is less than twelve hours old, the handicapping of the pick is already hot and heavy. Washington Post. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | VP choice Biden unpopular in Iraq for autonomy plan. Senator Joe Biden may be one of the only U.S. politicians that can get Iraq's feuding Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish politicians to agree. But not in a good way. Reuters. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | GOP's Hagel, Lugar Praise Obama's Biden Pick. Both release morning statements on Obama's No. 2 selection. Hagel: "Joe Biden is the right partner for Barack Obama. An Obama-Biden ticket is a very impressive and strong team." Lugar: "I congratulate Senator Barack Obama on his selection of my friend, Senator Joe Biden, to be his vice-presidential running mate." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | How Will McCain Respond? Okay, while others are digesting the Biden pick, let's skip ahead to the next question: how does John McCain respond? While Biden is a solid pick for Obama, he is not a game changer. Time. | |
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| 8/23/2008: | Poll: Biden Who? Although he's run for president twice and has served in the Senate since 1972, Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden is still a relative unknown, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll released today. Time. | |
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| 8/22/2008: | Obama Picks Sen. Joe Biden. This is a formidable ticket, and a risky ticket, and not a comfort zone choice for Obama. Atlantic. | |
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| 8/22/2008: | Biden speaks... and speaks... his own mind. Barack Obama told everyone he wanted a running mate who will challenge his thinking, and now he's got one. Joe Biden's tendency to speak his own mind - and speak and speak - is entwined in his DNA. AP. | |
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| 8/22/2008: | Obama-Biden. Obama-Biden works on several fronts, A longtime sentimental favorite among the Democratic faithful, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden provides a comfort zone for labor leaders, Catholics (he is one) and national-security voters. Craig Crawford. | |
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| 8/22/2008: | Obama picks Joe Biden as VP candidate. Multiple Democratic sources confirm to CNN that Sen. Barack Obama has selected Sen. Joseph Biden as his vice presidential nominee. A text message with the announcement will be sent to Obama's supporters sometime Saturday morning. Both men are expected to appear at a rally later that day in Springfield, Illinois. CNN. | |
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| 8/22/2008: | CNN confirms: Kaine will not be VP. Sources close to Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia says he has been informed he will not be Obama's Vice President. One source tells CNN that Obama personally made the call to Governor Kaine. CNN. | |
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| 8/22/2008: | AP: Bayh out of VP running. AP reports that Bayh is out of the running for Obama's vice-presidential pick. Politico. | |
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| 8/22/2008: | The RNC's ready to hit the airwaves. First Read has learned that, during the Dem convention, the RNC will be up on the air with a significant TV buy on broadcast and cable in the battleground states of Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. MSNBC. | |
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| 8/22/2008: | Announcement will come Saturday AM. CNN is told by senior Obama campaign officials the text message announcing the Illinois senator's running mate will be sent Saturday morning. CNN. | |
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