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Ben Smith's Blog: Clinton in Denver
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The Moderate Voice: On the media-whipped PUMA phenom & a one-word directive: CHILL
DownWithTyranny!: Media Spending More Time On GOP Tactics To Disrupt The Democratic Convention Than On The Convention Itself
Clinton in Denver
Ben Smith's Blog —
Clinton's and Obama's camps post a pair of videos that are a reminder that, whatever's going on behind the scenes, she's been an unwaveringly public Obama supporter.
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Political Animal —
SHE DOES NOT APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.... If you were watching any of the networks this afternoon, you probably got the impression that Hillary Clinton is stoking some kind of intra-party civil war among Democrats. But I have to say, I've seen some clips from Clinton speeches today, and heard several reports about remarks she's delivered, and I have to say, she sounded pitch-perfect to me. This clip shows Clinton appearing before the Hispanic Caucus today, but she had a similar message about the McCain campaign's latest ads when speaking to the New York State delegation breakfast: "I understand that the McCain campaign is running ads trying to divide us and let me ...
On the media-whipped PUMA phenom & a one-word directive: CHILL
The Moderate Voice —
I like Rebecca Traister’s piece on the Party Unity My Ass loyalists in Salon very much but I love this woman.
The setting:
Whether they knew it or not, the PUMAs who had congregated next to the MSNBC stage were making the night of the man who has done everything in his power to destroy their purported heroine. They held aloft Clinton signs and hand-markered cards reading “Stop Delegate Intimidation!” and “South Jersey PUMA.” At one point, three women and three men holding “McCain” signs started a melodic chorus of “Clintons for McCain, ...
Media Spending More Time On GOP Tactics To Disrupt The Democratic Convention Than On The Convention Itself
DownWithTyranny! —
Karl Rove, who is running the McCain campaign's messaging operation through Steve Schmidt, seems to be the only voice in America badmouthing Michelle Obama's speech last night at the convention. And, of course, the GOP's official propaganda network, Fox, was happy to have him on tearing her down. Unlike Rove and Fox, David Gergen isn't part of the McCain campaign. He thought Michelle rescued the night. The Democrats should be enormously grateful to Michelle Obama: after a very slow start to the convention, punctuated by a moving tribute to Teddy Kennedy and his own rousing speech, the first evening was in ...
"I'm Hillary Clinton..."
Daily Kos —
Hillary Clinton, speaking to the Hispanic Caucus.
