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DENVER — Former IOP director Jeanne Shaheen gave a brief speech to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver Wednesday evening. Shaheen, who is running for senate in New Hampshire, covered a number of domestic and foreign issues in her speech, including the economy and national security...
"What the nay-sayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me." Obama declared shortly before the fireworks burst and the confetti flurried. It's one of his favorite lines, and usually it provokes a quibble: Isn't that your name on the buttons and your...
Barack Obama's acceptance speech tonight wasn't what people have come to expect from a Barack Obama speech. It wasn't filled with lofty rhetoric or grand cadences. It did not induce tears or euphoria. It didn't have the forced, kitschy call and response tropes - "and that's...
In a normal year, a year when the public would have a week or two to digest this night, my guess is that this speech would have a dramatic impact on the race - and it still might. But by tomorrow night, it won't even be the lead story on...
Both Democrats and Republicans openly acknowledge the importance of woman swing voters this cycle. At the Democratic convention in Denver, women were featured prominently and consistently on the stage, culminating in Hillary Clinton's speech Tuesday night, when she thanked her "sisterhood of the traveling pant suits."