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By Mo Rocca - Politics DailyA quick word on Sarah's speech:I thought it was a great performance. I sat in the aisle next to the Michigan delegation, all of them in hockey jerseys. (They went berserk at the pit bull remark.) I can't imagine speaking to a crowd of 37 million after the week she's had (even if she's mostly responsible for the press pandemonium surrounding her personal life). And yet she seemed totally centered.To say she was "just" reading a speech is stupidity. (It took a superstar like Hillary Clinton 20 years to figure out how to deliver a speech.) What's more she said much of what Giuliani said right ...
Connecticut Delegation Attacked at RNC
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyAnti-war protesters tried to block the Connecticut delegation from entering the Xcel Center for the start of the Republican National Convention here in St. Paul. Heath Fahle, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Republican party, told the Political Machine that 80 to 100 protesters were pushing and shoving Connecticut delegates, many of them senior citizens, as they tried to enter the arena for yesterday's session. Mr. Fahle said that the protesters were chanting anti-war slogans and hurling insults and epithets at the delegates."The protesters sat down in the street and were physically ...
Eyes On Storm, Louisiana Delegates Soldier On
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Republican National Convention's abbreviated schedule opened here in St. Paul today with all eyes on the Louisiana coast, where Hurricane Gustav made landfall earlier today. None more than in the Louisiana delegation, which despite the storm remains here at the convention, doing its work on behalf of the people of their state.Delegate Lois Hoover, from Monroe, Louisiana, said that the delegation was very mindful of the goings on back home. "We've been very lucky so far," she said. "In my town in the Northeast part of the state, we have over 7,000 refuges in just our little town." Ms. ...
First Lady Meets with Louisiana Delegates
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyFirst Lady Laura Bush is in St. Paul for the Republican National Convention, although most of the day's events are canceled due to the landfall of Hurricane Gustav near New Orleans. Mrs. Bush planned to meet with the remaining members of the Louisiana delegation for breakfast this morning. About a dozen delegates from the state returned home yesterday on a plane chartered by the McCain campaign so that they could deal with hurricane preparations.Speaking from the Xcel Energy Center, site of the convention, Mrs. Bush said that the nation's eyes were rightly turned to the Gulf Coast region ...
A Delegate's Goodie Bag
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe vast majority of Americans have never been to a political convention, and the perception that delegates are wined and dined by various special interests and corporations is common. While that may be true for party big wigs and elected officials, the gifts lavished on individual delegates are comparatively modest.Each delegate at the Republican Convention received a gift tote bag, sponsored by Coca-Cola and the Southern Company, containing an assortment of small promotional items from various companies. The bags are advertising vehicles meant to generate good will for the companies more ...
Some Clinton Delegates Not Sold by Speech
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyAs the Democratic National Convention begins its presidential nominating process with the traditional roll call of the states this afternoon in Denver, some supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton remain unconvinced that she wants them to support Sen. Barack Obama as the party's nominee. Mrs. Clinton met with her delegates earlier today and officially released them from voting for her on the convention floor. But some say that they will cast their votes for Sen. Clinton anyhow. "I don't think she believed that her supporters are going to fall in line behind Obama," said Darragh Murphy, founder of ...
Dems Try to Oust Delegate for McCain
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyThere's a Democratic National Convention delegate from Wisconsin who has her fellow Dems in a tizzy. Debra Bartoshevich, who pledged to back Hillary Rodham Clinton, is defending herself from an attempt by Wisconsin Democrats to take away her credentials because of her past statement that she would vote for John McCain if Clinton wasn't the nominee. She recently was quoted in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as saying she would vote for the McCain in November if the Democratic Party nominated Barack Obama."Keeping national delegate status is very important to me," Bartoshevich told the AP. "I ...
Contextualizing Clinton Campaign Cost
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyThe Daily News has a rundown of some of the things the $212 million Hillary Clinton spent on her presidential bid could have bought instead. According to Celeste Katz, the Clinton campaign could have paid for the following: sending more than 76,000 New York families to Disneyland, 9,838 Toyota Priuses, 70.7 million energy-efficient light bulbs, and several other amusing and ironic purchases. The $11 million Clinton gave her campaign could buy everyone in New York City a lottery ticket. The total campaign cost could have bought everyone in the city a movie ticket. Well, that last one says more ...
The Race in Recap
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThis weekend brought us a slew of articles dissecting what happened in the Democratic race for the nomination. But the good people at Slate have put together the definitive post-mortem. For all of you Monday morning quarterbacks, it's worth a look back at all of the incredible twists and turns of this historic contest. Enjoy: ...
Clinton to Drop Out of Race Saturday
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyABC News is reporting that Sen. Hillary Clinton has decided to drop out of the presidential race on Friday, ending speculation that she would continue to fight for the Democratic nomination until the August convention, and beginning speculation that she is preparing for a selection as Sen. Barack Obama's Vice-Presidential running mate. After winning South Dakota's primary last night, Sen. Clinton refused to concede the race to Obama, even though he had secured the required 2118 delegates to claim the nomination. She told an enthusiastic crowd that she would, "not make any decisions tonight," ...
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