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...Each, in its own way, picks up where the conventions left off, in Bush's case literally: His 30-second "Education Agenda" opens with him on the podium in Philadelphia, decrying that "seven of ten fourth graders in our highest-poverty schools cannot read a simple children's book." (That sentence, by the way, I believe consitutes the most consecutive numbers Dubya has yet strung together in a public speech...
...Balance" to "Band on the Run" was maybe a little much to wish for: After the credits rolled, there was our old Al, lurching up the aisle, reaching out to slap hands while oddly keeping his trunk almost entirely still. And yet there was a moment: hitting the podium, he and Tipper lip-locked in the most passionate kiss I've seen in American politics, a faces-moving kiss, a full-body-contact kiss, a Parental Advisory Label, get-a-room kiss that may well have involved tongue. Coming from a man who doesn't seem to clear his throat...
...came to the podium, paused to chat with Caroline, beaming and waving at the cheering crowd. He's the closest thing the Democrats have to an elder statesman, and in recent years he's begun to wear that mantle more comfortably. Looking fit and considerably less rosy than he did four years ago, the senator launched into a rousing pitch for Al Gore. Where Caroline's speech was gentle, Ted's was fierce. His voice broke with the effort, and the delegates loved every word...
...even more fitting, if a touch sad, that he should appear on the Democratic podium, in L.A., on the same night as did Jimmy Smits, an actor best known for baring his soul and, très un-Liebermanically, his ass, on "NYPD Blue." Oh, and Smits was preceded at the mike by Robert Rubin, arguably the single member of the Clinton administration most identified with the economic prosperity that the Democrats are relying on to win Gore-Lieberman the election. Guess which one got the hearty welcome? That's right, while the distracted delegates seized Rubin's few minutes...
...When a genuine melee broke out Monday night outside the Staples Convention Center, just about the time Bill Clinton was dragging himself away from the podium, there was none of the "Let's be friends, folks" attitude that pervaded the police-protester interactions in Philadelphia. Belying this city's otherwise ultra-serene attitude, the LAPD, primed to a state of near-hysteria by repeated reports of brewing trouble, was ready with rubber bullets and tear gas, and when they descended on a huge crowd of rowdy placard-holders leaving a Rage Against the Machine concert across the street from...