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CQ: Dem convention "on the brink of a media disaster"
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Again, it's all about the Clinton Craig Crawford at CQ has the story: The Democratic convention now teeters on the brink of a media disaster thanks to real news that threatens to distract reporters from the scripted show. And wouldn't you know, it's all about the Clintons. The trouble with the news-free nature of modern conventions is how anything unplanned can instantly get of hand with thousands of reporters in town vying for every morsel of something different. The word on the street is total meltdown. The ...

Here Come the Crazies!
Power Line — ... : Clinton will deliver her speech Tuesday night. She will hold a private meeting with her top financial supporters Wednesday at noon, and will thank her delegates at an event that afternoon. Former president Bill Clinton will speak that night. Several of Hillary Clinton's supporters are then planning to leave town. Among them, Terry McAuliffe, Clinton's campaign chairman, and longtime supporters Steve Rattner and Maureen White. Congressional Quarterly thinks the rails may be starting to come off for the Democrats: The Democratic convention now teeters on the brink of a media ...

Dept of Hyperbole: Convention on "Brink of Media Disaster"
The Stump — ... The RNC is sending around a column by CQ's Craig Crawford which says the nascent convention "now teeters on the brink of a media disaster," thanks to reports of a lingering Clinton-Obama rift. Craig is a wise man but that's an overstatement. However, the devil finds work for idle hands, and in this case the hands belong to the 15,000 reporters out here without much to do, and the devil is an RNC press operation which is relentlessly forwarding around every scrap of information suggesting tension between the Clinton and Obama camps. Obama's ...

Matt Lewis: A DNC Disaster in the Making?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... Posted by: Matt Lewis at 4:40 PM Craig Crawford of CQ writes, "The Democratic convention now teeters on the brink of a media disaster..." Yes, hurricane Bill Clinton threatenes to wreck the DNC... ...

Latest Clinton Flap: Clinton Advisors Will Leave Before Obama Speech
The Moderate Voice — ... with supporters of Gary Hart and, to a lesser extent, Howard Dean. But check clips and go back to books such as The Making of the President series. You won’t find many instance such as this. The media will be blasted by some Democrats for focusing on the negative story rather than doing print or video spin stenography but it is indeed a story — and one that in the end is not going to help Hillary Clinton’s longtime career. Writes Congressional Quarterly’s Craig Crawford: The Democratic ...

A nasty fight involving the Clintons
Rathergate.com — Craig Crawford and CQ’s Trail Mix blog offers us the image of thousands of reporters in Denver covering a scripted event, waiting to pounce on anything which goes differently than planned. With more than enough to fuel the storyline about a rift between Barack Obama and the Clintons on the convention’s opening day, the media frenzy is on. Polls showing restlessness among Clinton voters. Behind-the-scenes reports of arguments about the theme of Bill Clinton’s speech later this week. A Wisconsin Clinton delegate endorsing John McCain in a television advertisement. And ...

Remainders: On enemy ground
Jonathan Martin's Blog — The GOP is mostly focused on Denver today. Chuck Todd pre-warns the media about getting obsessed with the Clinton drama or McCain's base unrest. Craig Crawford sees the Clinton drama tearing the convention apart. Daddy Yankee explains. DNC hits McCain as McBush The Wisconsin Dem who lost her convention slot for backing McCain oddly knew about his '99 slip-up where he opposed overturning Roe Mark Hemmingway catches the failed attempt to recreate '68. Jennifer Rubin reflects the widely ...

RNC Rains on Obama’s Parade
Pajamas Media — ... are stark: Obama isn’t closing the sale with the Clinton supporters. At times the “ subplot ” of the Convention seemed to cast a shadow over the main show — oh yes, The Chosen One. Can McCain’s team steal away Hillary voters, during the week of the Democrats’ Convention no less? A McCain operative expressed confidence: “We believe that many of Sen. Clinton’s voters share the view that Sen. Clinton herself expressed in the Democratic primary, that there were two candidates who were prepared for the presidency, Sen. McCain and Sen. Clinton, and one who was not, Sen. Obama.  And ...

It's still all about them
Betsy's Page — ... Obama waged against his wife is a belief that the candidate poor-mouthed the political and policy successes of his two terms. Some senior Democrats close to Obama, meanwhile, made clear in not-for-attribution comments that they were equally irked at the Clinton operation. Nearly three months after Hillary Clinton conceded defeat in the nomination contest, these Obama partisans complained, her team continues to act like she and Bill Clinton hold leverage. It's all about him and them. As Craig Crawford writes , what a disaster to have the focus of Obama's convention still on ...

8/26: Netroots To Dems: Get Nastier!
Blogometer — ... handle the latter." OBAMA IV: You Wanna Unite The Party? Attack McCain! Several liberal bloggers are arguing that the best way to bring together Clinton supporters and Obama supporters isn't to dwell on their respective grievances, but to make a strong case against McCain: OBAMA V: A Missed Opportunity? Conservative bloggers weren't particularly impressed by the programming during the first night of the DNC: OBAMA VI: A Total Meltdown? Conservative bloggers are also buzzing about rumors of tensions between the Clinton camp and the Obama camp: MEDIA CRITICISM: Stop Obsessing ...

Circus Week Short Takes: Day 2
Stubborn Facts — ... declare against the candidate they're sworn to--Clinton. Clinton delegate: 'Uncle Tom' is what Senate president said Woman Clinton delegate called names for continuing to support Hillary. And the Cannibal Feast continues! Angry Democrats Distracted DNC Attendees in Denver: Obama Maintains the Clintons Are Sincere in Their Support Yeah, can't you almost taste the sincerity? Anatomy of a Subplot Clinton left it to the Obama camp to spin ...