As a journalist who has covered Obama for 19 months now, I have heard him deliver more speeches than I can count. I know when he’s tired he goes long – like 90 minutes long – rambling through oft-repeated points and stories. I’ve seen him address crowds of 80,000 and rooms of less than 100. [...]
Would Sally Quinn write this if the candidate in question were the father, not the mother?: Not only do we have a woman with five children, including an infant with special needs, but a woman whose 17-year-old child will need her even more in the coming months. Not to mention the grandchild. This would inevitably [...]
TIME’s Nathan Thornburgh spends some time in Alaska, and finds out what everyone already knew was none of their business: It was, more or less, an open secret. And everyone was saying the same thing: the governor’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, the father is her boyfriend, and it’s really nobody’s business beyond that. . . [...]
As other bloggers have noted, Sarah Palin seems not to be a keen student of American history, as evidenced by this answer in a questionaire during her 2006 race for governor in Alaska: 11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not? Palin: Not on your [...]
Every place has its own rules, but this was a first for me. On the way in to the convention hall today, I talked Jay Carney and Michael Duffy into making a detour to my favorite breakfast spot anywhere, Hell’s Kitchen in downtown Minneapolis. (As usual, there was a long wait, but it was worth [...]
Reposted as a comment on Jay N-S’s original post. Apologies to her, and to the readers, for the sloppiness.
The convention itself has been abbreviated, but the protests haven’t. And it’s getting ugly. Our colleague Jennifer Outler just called to say that she got within a few blocks of the hall and had to turn around, because dozens of people–dressed in black, and with their faces covered–were throwing what appeared to be bricks. Police [...]
After the jump, the hurricane donation solicitation that Obama sent to his enormous email and text list — though I am subscribed to both and haven’t yet received it myself. (Though I did give. You should, too! Go here for lots of info, to “register safe” and see who’s already done so, etc.) Working on [...]
