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...left that the choice was little more than a token move. He first met her in February of this year, at a National Governor's Association meeting. McCain's campaign says the two leaders had a phone conversation last Sunday, and then met again in secret on Thursday at McCain's family home in Sedona, Ariz., when the candidate offered her the job. Palin's children were not told that their mother was the nominee until later in the day Thursday. They had been told previously that they were going to Ohio to celebrate their parents' 20th wedding anniversary...
...creeping worry in Denver that Obama's stadium gig - his planned Thursday acceptance speech to a crowd of 70,000 at Denver's Invesco field - could be ammunition for the McCain campaign's effort to paint Obama as a celebrity, Plouffe says, "We think this is something that should be welcomed and celebrated, the fact that we're opening this up to average Americans. It's been a great organizational tool. We think about states. [Colorado] is a big battleground state, and if it slips into the Obama column from the McCain column, his path just...
...Inside the convention hall on Monday afternoon, there was less anger but plenty of swirling emotion. Clinton supporter and Florida delegate Cathy Bartolotti, a former Tampa city worker, had bought an Obama T shirt and button but wasn't able to wear the items yet. "By Thursday, maybe I'll put it on," she said. "We have to come together, but I want to hold out a little more. Just tomorrow. Give...
...Well, you know, we had a long primary season, which means that a lot of stuff was backed up," Obama says, "which means that I've got to still do work preparing for Thursday night...
Given all that buildup, it may come as a surprise that the Democrats who will gather around the gavel in Denver are actually more united than perhaps at any other point in the past 30 years. When Obama accepts the Democratic nomination on Thursday night, he will inherit a party focused on its determination to take back the White House, and that overarching goal should paper over any lingering resentments or policy differences, at least until after Election...