Matt Lewis: Is the DNC Really Going Well?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... days of the convention were wasted, or seemed so from my vantage point. Tonight, Joe Biden will rip into McCain. And tomorrow, Obama will do whatever he does. Then on Friday, at noon, John McCain will announce his vice presidential nominee, strangling any convention bounce in the crib. Then the Republican Convention will begin, and you can be assured that they will remember Barack Obama's name. They will remember how to make fun of him, how to mock his celebrity and inexperience. " Andrew Sullivan adds, "I'm afraid I concur. With the sole exception of Michelle Obama's superb ...
National security night at the DNC
TigerHawk —
... and Andrew Sullivan that the Donks would fail to whack away national security seems to have been misplaced. Sullivan was particularly harsh in his stress: With the sole exception of Michelle Obama's superb speech, this convention has been McCain's dream. Yes, there's Biden and the chance that someone - who knows? - might actually attack the worst national security record of any administration in modern times. And then there's Obama on Thursday. But the way they have set up the speech all but ensures that Obama cannot defeat expectations. Maybe Obama can overcome the ...
News And Perspective
JustOneMinute —
... laments the Dem Lost Week Convention, with a second from Andrew Sullivan. This perspective on the media and their news judgment is laughable: Then the Republican Convention will begin... And the media will not cover Ron Paul's protesters with the vigor or attention they gave to Hillary Clinton's diehards. Let's see - a Senator, former First Lady and former front-runner making history as the first woman with a serious chance at a major party nomination versus Ron Paul, a former something or other and current I-forget-what (if I ever knew). One got eighteen million votes ...
Was Barack's Surprise Visit a Sign He Knows It's Going Badly?
Wizbang —
... laments the Dem Lost Week Convention, with a second from Andrew Sullivan. This perspective on the media and their news judgment is laughable: Then the Republican Convention will begin... And the media will not cover Ron Paul's protesters with the vigor or attention they gave to Hillary Clinton's diehards. Let's see - a Senator, former First Lady and former front-runner making history as the first woman with a serious chance at a major party nomination versus Ron Paul, a former something or other and current I-forget-what (if I ever knew). One got eighteen million votes and ...




