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"Venerable" is not exactly what America expected, though, from a convention that took the strikingly original step of nominating the first African-American to lead a major party toward the White House. Obama entered this race and campaigned through the primaries on the strength of his own biography and promise...
How many words go into an event like the Democratic party convention? They're flakes in a blizzard - a few hit you, and the rest blow by in a blur. Amid that blizzard there was one perfect word, early in Barack Obama's virtuoso acceptance speech, to sum up the...
Four years ago Obama spent months writing the convention speech that would catapult him onto the national stage. Even though he was busy with his day job in the Illinois State Senate and was running for the U.S. Senate, Obama would find time to scribble thoughts, often sneaking off the...
Then there's the surprise category, featuring Joe Lieberman and, making a late appearance in the Veepstakes, Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Sources close to the campaign and the candidate say that if McCain could make his decision based solely on what he wants, he'd go with Lieberman, the...
Says a GOP operative who informally advises the campaign: "All I can tell you is this: if Lieberman is picked, the dome of the convention hall will blow off. There will be a mushroom cloud."