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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Obama Speech Stage Resembles Ancient Greek Temple — DENVER (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple. — The stage, similar to structures used for rock concerts …
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New York Times:
Hillary Rodham Clinton's Democratic Convention Speech — The following is a transcript of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. — Senator Clinton: Thank you. Thank you all. — Thank you. Thank you all very, very much.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Delivers Emphatic Plea for Unity — DENVER — With her husband looking on admiringly and her supporters watching with tears in their eyes, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton deferred her own dreams on Tuesday night and delivered an emphatic plea at the Democratic National Convention …
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.
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.
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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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Many Clinton Supporters Say Speech Didn't Heal Divisions — Hillary Rodham Clinton's most loyal delegates came to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night looking for direction. They listened, rapt, to a 20-minute speech that many proclaimed the best she had ever delivered, hoping her words …
CNN:
Clinton: I'm a proud Obama supporter — DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton introduced herself as a “proud supporter of Barack Obama” at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday as she called on her party to rally behind her former rival. — “Whether you voted for me …
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Analysis: A perfect night for Clinton, Obama? — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — DENVER - For one evening, their political world was perfect. Or so it seemed. — Standing before hundreds of delegates, almost half of them her backers, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton declared it time …
Gromer Jeffers Jr / TRAIL BLAZERS:
BREAKING NEWS: Hillary Clinton will campaign in South Texas for Obama
BREAKING NEWS: Hillary Clinton will campaign in South Texas for Obama
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton's convention speech — Hillary's speech — a success in the hall — was a study in the virtue of low expectations. — Some in the media, and some delegates, came in expecting that, as Dave Barry put it, Clinton would “attempt to snatch the nomination and escape with it by helicopter to a secret mountain fortress.”
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Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
What's Missing From Hillary's Speech — I'll amend this if I'm mistaken but on first read of Hillary's speech text I see no clear, flat assertion that Obama is qualified and prepared to be commander in chief from day one, which of course was always her central critique of him.
Fox News:
Ayers Unrepentant for Radical Group's Violence in 1960s, 1970s — William Ayers, who was a founder of the 1960s and 1970s radical group the Weather Underground, told FOX News correspondent James Rosen in a candid 2004 interview that he still believed he was “on the side of justice” years after the group's wave of attacks.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Obama Campaign Wages Fight Against Conservative Group's Ads
Obama Campaign Wages Fight Against Conservative Group's Ads
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain plans 3-state VP rollout — DENVER — John McCain is planning to rollout his vice-presidential nominee in three battleground states this weekend, with large-scale rallies planned for Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri, according to aides and advisers. — The GOP nominee-in-waiting …
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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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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
“Here's A Situation Where Folks Are Lying”
“Here's A Situation Where Folks Are Lying”
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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 …
CNN:
Warner camp confused by criticism over bi-partisan speech — DENVER (CNN) - A source close to Mark Warner who helped the Senate candidate craft his convention keynote speech said criticism by senior Democrats that his planned remarks were not partisan enough were off-base …
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