Someone left the National Journal on the Hertz shuttle bus this morning.
Ron Brownstein concluded his column, written before Senator Obama's acceptance speech, by saying: "Many senior Democrats will be anxiously watching to see whether he plays mostly defense - or offense."
Exactly the pivot that Obama made in his speech last night when he started to draw the policy distinctions between himself and Senator McCain.
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The pilot gave us the news. Sarah Palin, now in her second year as Governor of Alaska, will be John McCain's running mate.
The last Vice Presidential nominee with such limited governmental experience was Spiro Agnew. Her appeal to pro-choice women still concerned about Hillary Clinton's defeat will be nil.
Unilke Agnew, however, she rooted out corruption in her state. "That means she'll bring change to Washington" is today's GOP talking point.
Come November, I doubt the American people will buy it.
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Many people were moved to tears these past four days.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. cried when he heard President Johnson say, "We shall overcome."
Johnson was announcing to a joint session of Congress that he would introduce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Robert Caro, a Johnson biographer, relates this story in an op-ed this week.
"Mr. Obama’s speech — and in a way his whole candidacy — might not have been possible had that other speech not been given," writes Caro. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/opinion/28caro.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Caro&st=cse&oref=slogin
I've tried to give you my personal and partisan take on the events of this convention.
Caro puts Denver in an historic context.
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