latimesblogs.latimes.com - 8/27/2008
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DENVER -- Montana Democrats no doubt will revel in Barack Obama's appearance in Billings today, his last campaign stop before heading here. But they already had reason to be excited this morning -- their folksy governor, Brain Schweitzer , was the surprise hit of the party's national convention Tuesday night, garnering rave reviews for ta rousing speech he delivered.
Schweitzer, 52, ...
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A Democratic Star is Born
Taylor Marsh —
by Scott Hopkins
Reporting from Denver
No offense to Mark Warner, but this guy should have been the keynote speaker. ...
David Sirota: Convention Dispatch: Schweitzer Hits the National Stage
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The Los Angeles Times said Schweitzer "was the surprise hit of the party's national convention" garnering "rave reviews for [the] rousing speech." ...
Montanan makes Dem delegates 'bark'
The Swamp —
... Schweitzer, 52, has been a stand-out, stand-up act here. He had been sandwiched on the convention program last night between keynote speaker Mark Warner and the evening's much-anticipated climax, Hillary Clinton's speech, the Top of the Ticket notes. The crowd was there to hear Clinton, and a parade of speakers preceding her had failed to grab its full attention (including Warner). ...
Brian Schweitzer, Everyone's New Favorite
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--Previous Post | Blog Index Brian Schweitzer, Everyone's New Favorite A number of other people shared my enthusiasm for Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer and his speech last night , so I thought I'd post the sucker in full. Check it out if you missed it. [image] Comments
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Schweitzer's Little Rebellion —
The Stump
An interesting tidbit from Ben Smith: The Obama campaign didn't originally plan on Brian Schweitzer delivering the barnburner he did.
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer said his show-stealing speech
Tuesday night, which brought the crowd in Denver to its feet and made
him the talk of the convention, was a last-minute improvisation that
departed from the prepared remarks he'd agreed on with ...
Bad News: Schweitzer Won't Be Hitting the Trail —
The Stump
Disappointing news for Brian Schweitzer fans: The Montana governor, whose speech on Tuesday won perhaps the biggest raves of the convention and whose animated, folksy, bolo’ed manner seemed heavensent to help Barack Obama shore up support among working-class voters and in Western swing states, won’t be on the trail as a surrogate this fall. I spoke with his communications director Sarah ...
Schweitzer's audible —
Ben Smith's Blog
Montant Governor Brian Schweitzer said his show-stealing speech Tuesday night, which brought the crowd in Denver to its feet and made him the talk of the convention, was a last-minute improvisation that departed from the prepared remarks he'd agreed on with the Obama campaign.
"We had a convention that went through the first day and didn't get anybody fired up," said Schweitzer, ...
New at Reason: David Weigel on the Death of a Libertarian Democrat —
Hit & Run
Not so long ago, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer embodied the notion of a "libertarian Democrat"—pro-gun, anti-tax pols who just might have been the future of the Donkey Party. At last night's Democratic National Convention, Schweitzer gave a speech that was silent on gun rights and big on big government programs. It just might have made him a star. reason ...
This Ain’t the 2004 Convention —
Comments from Left Field
I want to make this dead clear. If you think this is going to be a repeat of the hands off 2004 convention, if you think that we’re in danger of repeating the same mistake the Kerry campaign made four years ago, you obviously didn’t watch Governor Brian Schweitzer’s speech last night.
Let me fix that for you.
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