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...asked MURS, a rapper (and a Democrat) who's performing in Denver with Will.i.am, about the two-party music gap. He said it's all about whether the candidate makes a connection. "There are some dope emcees who would perform at the Republican Convention, but not for McCain," he said. "He's not reaching out to us. He doesn't have a Facebook or a MySpace. He doesn't Twitter...
...bummed to leave the music mecca of Denver for St. Paul. Though at the RNC, I'm counting on better alcohol and cigars...
Every flavor of Democrat--and then some--turned up for the big show in Denver. Hip young Obamacrats, Newport-smoking grudge carriers from Team Hillary stomping around in sensible shoes and, of course, a walking forest of gung-ho environmentalists. The proceedings in Denver were so relentlessly green that even the magnetic hotel card keys were made out of some sort of sustainable wood fiber. (I know because I had plenty of time to study my planet-friendly card key during several trips to the front desk to get it to finally work.) Obama's heavy chore in Denver...
...Tropical Storm Gustav is coming. Already, Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's new, young governor, has declared a state of emergency. C. Ray Nagin, New Orleans' mayor, dashed back from Denver to help coordinate his city's evacuation plans. Yesterday, my mom booked my 70-something grandparents on flights to Dallas, where they'll stay with relatives. I reserved hotel rooms for my folks in Alabama in case they need them. My mom is a hard-core Barack Obama supporter who wants to hear him say at Denver's Invesco Field "We're going to rebuild New Orleans, at whatever cost, whatever...
...woman, a venture capitalist from the Denver area, looked a bit like Cindy McCain, and so it was disconcerting when she announced, in a focus group of undecided voters conducted by the Republican pollster Frank Luntz, that she had decided she just couldn't vote for John McCain this year. "I supported him enthusiastically in 2000, but he's hired the same people who ran him into the ground last time to run his campaign," she said. McCain's tone was more negative now. "It breaks my heart...