Monthly Archives: June 2008

Democratic Convention Watch: Chuck Todd: Hillary to decide whether Bill will speak at convention

Monday, June 30, 2008

Chuck Todd: Hillary to decide whether Bill will speak at convention

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Hillary Clinton, will, of course, get to give a major speech at the Democratic Convention. It will almost surely be on the first night, Monday, so that the “Clinton story” can be put to rest and the rest of the convention focused on Obama.

But will Bill Clinton speak? I had always assumed he would speak by introducing Senator Clinton. NBC’s Chuck Todd on Meet the Press isn’t so sure: Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Al at The Field wants his convention credential back

Monday, June 30, 2008

Al at The Field wants his convention credential back

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If you haven’t followed the story of Al Giordano of The Field and how he’s unjustly lost his bloggers’ credential, go over to the new location of The Field, and read the latest update. Al has been doing some great blogging this spring, and he deserves to be in Denver.

To quickly summarize, he was awarded a credential for blogging at his first blog, the owners of that blog started to censor him, so he moved to his current blog. But the original blog owners still have the credential, even though the original blog wouldn’t come close to qualifying for a credential without the traffic Al brought it. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: ACLU and protest groups still not happy

Monday, June 30, 2008

ACLU and protest groups still not happy

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The ACLU was in court again over conditions for protesters at the 2008 Democratic Convention:

The American Civil Liberties Union and several advocacy groups have filed an amended complaint to their lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service and the city and county of Denver that says protesters and demonstrators may have their First Amendment rights violated by security restrictions. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Edwards and Clinton keeping their Iowa delegates

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Edwards and Clinton keeping their Iowa delegates

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All is lovey-dovey at the Iowa State Convention:

Team Obama’s leadership is pushing unity and wants to let Team Clinton and Team Edwards [keep] the number of people they earned at the county conventions.

Dave Redlawsk says the Edwards group has identified the people it wants to send, and the campaigns are in agreement to honor the delegate split as elected at the county conventions. – John Deeth Blog Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: DCW Presidential Forecast – June 28

Saturday, June 28, 2008

DCW Presidential Forecast – June 28

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This is the DemConWatch Presidential Forecast, a summary of the best election projections on the web. Please also check out our Senate Forecast, and the House Forecast will be introduced later this month.

Update 6/28: Latest projection: Obama leads 301-237, up 2 from the last forecast of 299-239. 538.com made another major change to its algorithm, assuming that the race will naturally tighten. This had the effect of bringing Obama’s state numbers down across the board and changed their estimate of Obama’s EVs from 344 to 310, and 538.com is no longer an outlier on the Obama side. But this was balanced out and more by movement towards Obama in a number of states in different projections, especially in GA, MI, MN, TX and WI, giving Obama an overall +2 EVs on average. A history chart is at the bottom of this post. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Delegates… leave your deep fryers at home

Friday, June 27, 2008

Delegates… leave your deep fryers at home

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The South has been a huge political headache for the Democratic Party for the better part of the last half century. In the last 10 presidential elections, for example, the South was pretty solidly behind the Republican presidential nominee.

So, you would think the Democrats, with their 50-state strategy instituted by national chairman Howard Dean, would be a little more accommodating to the Southern delegates to the party’s presidential convention in Denver in August. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: The Big Tent

Friday, June 27, 2008

The Big Tent

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The Big Tent will be the blogosphere’s home away from home at the Democratic Convention:

The Big Tent will be the place to be for new media journalists, bloggers, reporters, and non-profit leaders covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Convention “Podium Guy” Retires

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Convention “Podium Guy” Retires

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There’s a lot of institutional knowledge when it comes to running the Democratic Convention: People who work or volunteer for the convention every 4 years, regardless of who the candidate is. We’ve written in the past about Director of Media Operations Wally Podrazik, who’s on his ninth convention.

Another key organizer who also started in 1976 is retiring: Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Convention Captains Program Announced to Get Colorado Residents Involved

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Convention Captains Program Announced to Get Colorado Residents Involved

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“Colorado is proud to host to the Convention, which will shine a spotlight on all the things that make our state so great. I am pleased that the DNCC has made a long-term, sustained effort to involve the entire Rocky Mountain region in this historic event,” Gov. Ritter said. “The Convention Captains program will provide an opportunity for every county in the state to be a part of this historic event.” Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Congresswoman Diane DeGette introduces “Denver’s Finest” video series

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Congresswoman Diane DeGette introduces “Denver’s Finest” video series

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Congresswoman Diana DeGette represents Denver, Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is looking forward to the Democratic National Convention and has created a this series of Web videos to give attendees the inside scoop on “Denver’s Finest”.

You can see the rest of the videos at the DNCC Website Continue Reading...

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