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Hot air from the speakers notwithstanding, the Democratic Party has promised that its national convention in Denver will be the "greenest" one ever. The party is working to offset the carbon dioxide that will be produced by more than 6,000 delegates traveling to the Colorado capital, with prizes offered...
The easy stuff is still relatively hard, but at least it's entirely under the Obama campaign's control. Any non-incumbent's most important convention goal is to introduce the candidate to the country. (To paraphrase what was said about both Al Gore and Hillary Clinton when they launched...
It's also time for Obama and the other convention speakers to give voters a more detailed sense of what he would do as president. These presentations need to be both detailed and poetic in order to answer the basic questions that even those paying close attention don't know...
The single biggest challenge most nominees face - giving an electrifying acceptance speech - is not one of Obama's worries. He has had ample time to write his remarks, and there is not a soul on his staff, among his friends or in the press corps who doubts that the convention...
While Biden is not a dazzling pick, the party elders who are beginning to gather for their nominating convention in Denver consider him a solid one. Andy Stern, president of the two-million member Service Employees International Union, says Biden could help enormously in reaching "the people in our union...