In our discussion of potential veeps for McCain Monday commentators Ivb, Kathy, rainbow68 said they’d like to see McCain pick Lieberman for his vice president. I was dubious because when I interviewed Lieberman in June he was adamant that, if offered, he’d turn down any offer of veep. Then I read his comments campaigning for McCain …
Denver is shaping up to be quite the party. In a schedule obtained by TIME there are already more than 300 events and parties starting the Saturday before the convention and ending in what will surely be the wee hours Friday morning. Attendees will get treated to daily midnight broadcasts of the Daily Show live from a nearby college …
Is there a hint at Obama’s veep pick in the convention line up? This morning convention co-chair Kathleen Sebelius outlined to reporters on a conference call the themes of each night at the convention.
Monday, August 25 — One Nation
Monday’s headline prime-time speaker will be Michelle Obama.
Tuesday, August 26 – Renewing
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Last week I began to wonder: given that the economy is so bad, why hasn’t Obama taken off more in the polls? So I decided to head out on the trail and ask some voters. A pattern emerged (Romo and Hecimovich are two of the more than 50 people I spoke with that Obama encountered at the two diners and at one of his economic town hall …
And* But not love child. Wow. I’m guessing he won’t be speaking at the convention.
*Apologies, it’s been a long week. I’d meant to say the opposite and clicked send too quickly.
Forget those reports that Dick Cheney had been banished from the Republican convention. The vice president will speak on the first night, according to the Associated Press. Seems Cheney will introduce his boss, who’s also speaking Monday night which happens to conveniently be the last day of Labor Day weekend.
Here’s a little postcard on Obama’s Oahu. It came out before I saw his schedule this ayem where he has a “Welcome to Hawaii” event tomorrow with Michelle at Keehi Beach Park — that will probably replace the Magic Island rally mentioned in the Advertiser that I cite.
Following Obama on his way out to Hawaii are GOP press …
Remember in 2004 when John Kerry got ridiculed for his awkward duck-hunting trip in Ohio just before the election? There’s a good reason why Kerry went hunting: the hook and bullet crowd – as they often tongue-in-cheek call themselves – are a hugely important swing vote in a lot of crucial states. According to the U.S. Census more …
Amid reports that the Clintons’ are none–too–keen on Obama right now, the campaign announced that Hillary will campaign for Obama in Nevada this Friday and Florida later in the month. These will be the first public events Clinton will do for Obama since their Unity, New Hampshire rally. Clinton, who will be in south Florida on August …
A webstory today about all the hot air in the energy debate. Also, interestingly, a scoop from Politico’s Martin Kady II and Patrick O’Connor about how Pelosi behind the scenes is encouraging her members to defect, banking on passing legislation next year. Dana Milbank has loads more color on the House protest. And here’s a little …
Nancy Pelosi has never been happier to see ExxonMobil post record profits. With John McCain and the GOP successfully focusing the economic debate on the one area where he at least has parity with Barack Obama (see today’s Quinnipiac polls, he and Obama are both fairly equally trusted to bring down gas prices whereas Obama generally …
I don’t know if Chuck Grassley’s been having digestion issues, but he rates my quote of the day. From the Senate floor this morning talking about how the Dems plan on doing a package of popular bi-partisan tax extenders outside of regular order:
The Senate is constipated. This legislative body needs a function, a laxative.
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It may require more work, but if you’re the top e-mail recruiter for Ralph Nader, you can win dinner with him. No word if airfare is included, but runner up gets dinner with his running mate Matt Gonzales.
For a donation of just $5 or more you can enter to win airfare to Denver, a Democratic convention pass, three nights in a hotel …
