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Ed Hornick / CNN:
Angry Clinton supporters toast McCain, roast Obama — DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — The last place Kathy Archuleta could have ever imagined she'd spend the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, was at a happy hour sponsored by the Republican Party.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Okay. I'm up for it tonight. I'm live-blogging Hillary Night at the Democratic Convention. — 6:50 Central Time: My resolve jells. — 7:15: I'm watching PBS tonight. C-SPAN last night. PBS has HD + longer coverage than the networks. (I don't have CNN HD.)
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WSJ.com:
McCain's Hillary-Themed Ads Are Barely Broadcast — Aaron Rutkoff reports from Denver on the Democratic convention. — Even before Hillary Clinton takes the stage for tonight's big speech, she has emerged as an unusually bipartisan star in the hullabaloo surrounding the convention.
Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Will Get Nominating, Seconding Speeches Tomorrow — A senior conventional official says that supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton will formally place her name into nomination Wednesday night with regular nominating and seconding speeches. The roll call of states begins around 6:00 pm ET.
Rebecca Traister / Salon:
Angry PUMAs on the prowl in Denver — They don't care if they make Chris Matthews happy, or if they make Hillary Clinton look bad. They don't even care that she wants them to stop. — DENVER — “This is where you see the civil war!” burbled Chris Matthews, experiencing near-asphyxiatory pleasure …
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Naomi Zeveloff / The Colorado Independent: As Clinton prepares to speak, reluctant supporters coalesce behind Obama
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Romney: McCain earned his homes; Obama didn't — Mitt Romney spoke in Denver today. (Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff) — DENVER — Former governor Mitt Romney, perhaps continuing his audition to be John McCain's running mate, attacked Barack Obama today for making an issue out of McCain's many homes.
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: No Bounce for Obama in Post-Biden Tracking — PRINCETON, NJ — It's official: Barack Obama has received no bounce in voter support out of his selection of Sen. Joe Biden to be his vice presidential running mate. — Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 23-25 …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Bill Clinton in Denver again undercuts Obama — DENVER — Bill Clinton appeared to undermine Sen. Barack Obama again Tuesday. — The former president, speaking in Denver, posed a hypothetical question in which he seemed to suggest that that the Democratic Party was making a mistake in choosing Obama as its presidential nominee.
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Hillary Clinton speaks at convention. The press concocts a story — Within the fast-forward world of campaign journalism, it's not considered cool to examine the recent past in order to provide context for today's events. (We know it's not cool because nobody does it.)
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Marge Hibbing Mn / CNN:
Source: Bill Clinton will not attend Obama's Invesco speech — DENVER (CNN) - Hillary Clinton will be on hand for Barack Obama's acceptance speech, but according to a source close to former President Bill Clinton, he will not: the source tells CNN that Clinton will not join his wife at Invesco Field Thursday night.
Stuart Silverstein / Top of the Ticket:Hillary Clinton skips mentioning Obama in a speech to supporters
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Rendell: Obama Is “Like Adlai Stevenson ... What The Heck Is Going On?” — As I've noted before, it's impossible to write an item about former Hillary supporter Ed Rendell without using the word “blunt,” and this blunt assessment of Obama from Rendell certainly won't quiet the talk of tensions between the Hillary and Obama camps:
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Rendell Compares Obama to Adlai Stevenson — DENVER — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell captured the jitters of the Democratic Party today when he conceded that for all Barack Obama's gifts, “he's not exactly the easiest guy in the world to identify with” and urged the presumptive nominee to start punching back against Republican attacks.
Marisa Katz / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama's Sad Transformation — The transformation of Michelle Obama from a bracingly proud contemporary woman — mother, wife, career woman — into a prime time Betty Crocker was sad to see. This is not to say that she was not up to the task assigned her Monday night. She spoke well and looked swell.
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FactCheck.org:
Obama and ‘Infanticide’ — The facts about Obama's votes against ‘Born Alive’ bills in Illinois. — Anti-abortion activists accuse Obama of “supporting infanticide,” and the National Right to Life Committee says he's conducted a “four-year effort to cover up his full role in killing legislation …
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New York Times:
Some Clinton Fund-Raisers Are Still Simmering — DENVER — A significant number of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's top fund-raisers remain on the sidelines and unwilling to work for Senator Barack Obama, a nettlesome problem that appears to be contributing to the campaign's failure to keep pace …
Pajamas Media:
Live from DNC: Malkin in Jeopardy — [VIDEO] Michelle Malkin under attack by self-described anarchists yelling “Kill Michelle Malkin” in front of the Denver Mint. — In this exclusive Pajamas TV video... Michelle Malkin is under attack by self-described anarchists yelling “Kill Michelle Malkin” in front of the Denver Mint.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
This Is The Democrats' Talent? — I'm not judging their accomplishments, merely noting that Mark Warner and Bob Casey were terribly mediocre speakers, their speeches unfocused, their themes muddled, and their style close to non-existent. I guess none of this matters much until the networks move in at 10 pm.
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