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Why Did Tea Party Nation Cancel Las Vegas Convention?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 20) -- What happens in Vegas ... well, never mind. A prominent tea party group has abruptly canceled its plans to hold a convention in Las Vegas that was to begin Oct. 14, Washington Monthly and TPM report. Billed as the National Tea Party Unity convention, the event was sponsored by the Tea Party Nation, was to be held at the Mirage Hotel & Casino and was to feature such prominent speakers as Sharron Angle, Andrew Breitbart and Lou Dobbs. There is no longer any mention of the convention on Tea Party Nation's website, and when reached by phone, the Mirage Hotel had no booking ...
John Lennon's Loo Goes for More Than Expected at Auction
By Chris Epting - AOL News(Aug. 30) -- All you need is love. But let's forget about what you need and talk about what you want -- and if that included something very intimate once belonging to John Lennon, his toilet seat made someone very happy over the weekend. John's john was one of many items up for grabs on Saturday during the 33rd annual Beatles convention being held in Liverpool, England, and it was almost certainly the most talked about after an unidentified buyer purchased the porcelain seat for about $14,740 -- around 10 times its original estimate. The toilet sat in Lennon's Berkshire home, Tittenhurst ...
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Lieberman at the RNC
By Dave - Politics DailyFirst, let me get out of the way a little rant of mine, and believe me I don't have anything against the first ladies. But Laura Bush is not a public speaker, she didn't ever set out to be, and frankly she's not very good at it. Why put her out there? Barbara Bush started it, but she was good, and Elizabeth Dole left more of an impression than her husband. But this tradition of having first ladies open the convention seems in dire need of an overhaul. The first lady intro led Bush warming up the night with some thanks to Laura and a few easy lines like McCain is his own man, believe me I ...
Another Question on McCain VP Choice
By Denise Williams - Politics DailyWhat happened to Christie Whitman?As one of those who doesn't "get" the selection of Palin (and apparently I'm not alone), I think Whitman would have been a great choice for McCain if he felt the need to go after Hillary Democrats. A relatively moderate and popular two-term governor of a large state and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Whitman has much more experience than Palin. She smart, a great speaker and would have (im my opinion) been a good draw for Clinton disaffecteds. She also carries the "Maverick" title in her refusal to bend to the Bush administration's will ...
Bounce Scoring Status
By Dave - Politics DailyBeginning about a week ago, there were four events that had the ability to reshape the presidential election of 2008. The Democratic VP, the Democratic convention, the Republican VP, and the Republican convention. And to add to the excitement, we came into these events essentially within the margin of error, with most polls showing Obama with about a 2-3 point lead.Obama chooses Biden on August 24 (at 3am) - No detectable bounce. In fact according to Rasmussen, which has been highly accurate, Obama lost four points by choosing Biden. Obama gives the speech of his life on August 28th - Too soon ...
Obama Speech Reax
By Dave - Politics DailyWell it didn't do it for me, but then again it was clear that was not intended to. What I heard was a speech that Walter Mondale or Michael Dukakis would have been very comfortable delivering. The days of the centrist wing of the Democratic party, the triangulation, the DLC and the Clintons are clearly over. Obama went on with universal health care, college education for everyone. The specter of AK-47's in cities, etc. Basically telling America that we can't make it unless we vote us some Democrats into office. What I heard was pure, unabashed liberalism. It's interesting in this year when ...
Biden Speech Reax
By Dave - Politics DailyIt's probably good that Biden started out with an introduction, since most of America doesn't know who he is. If pressed they might guess that he's a congressperson or senator of some sort. Which is hard on someone that who reportedly thinks as highly of themselves as Joe Biden does, I'm sure. Well he's here to rectify that. And by and large he did a good job. Those who have watched Biden over the years are not surprised that he is good at delivering a red-meat stem winder. He is good and as a down to the socks liberal has the added benefit of really believing what he is sayingJoe Biden's big ...
Michelle Obama Speech Reax
By Dave - Politics DailyMichelle Obama just gave a good, not a great, speech introducing her husband. As a comparison I went back and reviewed the Teresa Kerry speech in 2004. Ugh. Teresa couldn't quite get around the sense that she wasn't one of us and that all this was just a little beneath her. In that sense, I'm really wondering if its such a good idea to put Cindy McCain out there, as her upbringing has a lot more in common with Teresa than Michelle.By contrast, Michelle did fine, but that's not a high bar. The bar I usually set for these types of things is whether it moves the needle one way or the other. ...
Obama Speech Tickets Require Volunteer Stint
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Obama campaign caused a stir last month when it announced that Sen. Obama would forgo the usual acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in favor of a larger, open-air rally and speech at nearby Invesco Field in front of over 75,000 people. Now, the manner in which the campaign is distributing some of the tickets for the much-anticipated event is causing consternation among ticket applicants. Originally, the Obama campaign said that tickets to the event would be free. But this week, the Obama campaign began informing some ticket applicants that they will have to perform ...
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