Here’s a story my colleague Michael Grunwald and I whipped up today. It pulls from an interview two weeks ago I did with Palin for our “Hotshots to Watch” series. You can also listen to the interview, in which she talks about how she hopes to shape the Republican Party, her own rapid ascent and [...]
Chicago, Illinois My story on the day’s events. Tomorrow we go to church in Eau Claire, Wisconsin followed by a picnic at the somewhat politically named Rod and Gun Park. I’m unsure if we’ll actually see Obama with a gun or a rod, but BBQ is promised.
Springfield, Illinois Okay, seems I was wrong about the crowd size. We’re told there’s 35,000 people here. Obama had a bit of a slip of the tongue introducing Biden. “The next president… The next vice president of the United States!” The crowd laughed. Biden, I’m told accepted the offer on the call Thursday night. There’s [...]
Springfield, Illinois We just arrived at the state capitol. We’re told Biden is en route and on the plane Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass told us that Obama called Biden Thursday night to offer him the job It is literally 90 degrees warmer than it was on February 10, 2007. The lectern’s all set up with [...]
Once upon a time there was a youngish guy running for president against a Washington insider. This affable, charming guy was concerned about his foreign policy credentials and so picked a running mate who boasted a distinguished resume and was old enough that, at the end of four-to-eight years, running for president himself seemed improbable. [...]
Chicago, Illinois Reading the tea leaves on Obama’s stops en route to Denver (Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Davenport, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri; Billings, Montana) yields a couple of Dark Horses candidates: Dick Gephardt* of Missouri and my favorite, Brian Schweitzer of Montana. Their families have already met, remember that photogenic July 4 parade? He’s an incredibly [...]
Two weeks ago it was – STOP THE PRESSES!!! – Tim Kaine. Last week it was Bayh, Bayh, Bayh. This week’s flavor is Biden, strengthened by his trip to Georgia at Saakashvili’s request. Anyone notice that camp Obama has been floating trial balloons on all of these veep wannabes, quietly trying them on for size [...]
The convention folks just put out a list of Wednesday speakers (release after jump) that would seem to either knock three of the top contenders out or make the case that someone’s going to be speaking twice. Noticeably absent from a line up of veterans and foreign policy experts are Reed, Clark and Kerry. An [...]
As we learn more and more about the speakers at the Democratic convention — a brilliant PR move on behalf of the Obama campaign that has kept the press lapping up the details like my dog begs for Puperoni – it occurs to me that, unless someone speaks twice, the announcements are whittling down Obama’s [...]
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 America’s Promise [...]
