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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Wins Nomination; Biden and Bill Clinton Rally Party — DENVER — Barack Hussein Obama, a freshman senator who defeated the first family of Democratic Party politics with a call for a fundamentally new course in politics, was nominated by his party on Wednesday to be the 44th president of the United States.
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
CONVENTION MIDTERMS. — We're halfway through this convention. Not all the way through, nor even near it. And I'm inside the convention, not watching it on television and consequently not sure how most Americans are actually experiencing it. But if I were doing the grading now, I'd fail the thing.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Clinton Masterpiece — Readers know my personal disdain for Bill Clinton. But longtime readers will also know I have always defended his solid centrist, smart record in office and defended him against his most over-reaching enemies. Tonight, I think, was one of the best speeches he has ever given.
Paul Hogarth / The Huffington Post:Schweitzer Steals the Show; Hillary Calls for Unity
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Michael Barone / US News:Hillary Clinton's Speech Was a Good Start on Her 2012 Run
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Rove tried to kill Lieberman VP pick — Republican strategist Karl Rove called Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) late last week and urged him to contact Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to withdraw his name from vice presidential consideration, according to three sources familiar with the conversation.
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The Politico:
McCain selects his VP — Sen. McCain has chosen his running mate and the person will be notified on Thursday, a senior campaign official said. — A friend said McCain had pretty much settled on his selection early this week, and it crystallized in the past few days.
New York Times:
McCain Has Made His Pick and Is Set to Tell on Friday — WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with Mr. McCain's campaign said Wednesday. He is expected to reveal his choice at a rally at a basketball arena in Dayton, Ohio, at 11 a.m. Friday.
Robert D. Novak / UnionLeader.com:Robert Novak: Lieberman told McCain to choose someone else
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Bush's 2004 temple — Barack Obama's appearance in Denver won't be the first convention speech framed by Greek columns. — Republicans who are mocking Obama's appearance haven't mentioned it, but George W. Bush accepted his own nomination in 2004 on a set with a similar neoclassical theme …
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Daily Mail:
Pictured: The miniature ‘Greek temple’ from which Barack Obama will launch his final push for the U.S. presidency — Barack Obama's big speech on tomorrow night will be delivered from an elaborate columned platform resembling a miniature Greek temple, it has been revealed.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! — We've written about Barack Obama's Greek Temple here and here.
Marisa Katz / Washington Post:Has He Lost His Mind? — “Democratic presidential candidate …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama camp blasts National Review writer as “slimy character assassin” — Barack Obama's campaign hasn't advertised this a great deal this week, but the campaign's “Action Wire” has been waging large-scale campaigns against critics. That includes tens of thousands of e-mails …
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
MSNBC prez defends convention team — DENVER — Amid a spate of awkward on-air conflicts among MNSBC anchors at this week's Democratic convention, some staff members say there are sharp internal disputes at the cable network over whether its opinion and personality-driven political coverage has crossed the line.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:Howard Wolfson Goes To War With MSNBC, Hammers Chris Matthews And Keith Olbermann
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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors — Asa Eslocker Was Investigating the Role of Lobbyists and Top Donors at the Convention — DENVER—Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures …
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Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Obama in Never-Before-Aired ‘Nightline’ Interview From 2004: Praises John Kerry's Experience, Disses ‘Cut and Run’ Proposals From Iraq — It was a very different time, the Iraq war was just over a year old, and then-State Sen. Barack Obama was in a very different place.
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Enough Already — Biden's doing a great job, just as I expected. — But come on: To listen to the Democrats you'd think the Great Depression was a day at the beach. There are economic challenges out there, hardships etc, sure. But you'd think we're all living off of puddle water …
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Biden Fumbles Military Terms — Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden might be the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but for at least a split second Wednesday, he got confused about some very simple military terminology. — Speaking at the Democratic National Convention …
Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87 — Del Martin, a pioneering lesbian rights activist who with her lifelong partner became a symbol for the movement to legalize gay marriage, died Wednesday morning. She was 87. — Martin died at a San Francisco hospital two weeks after a broken arm exacerbated …
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
From the Fact Check Desk: Did Obama Say Iran Is a ‘Tiny’ Country That 'Doesn't Pose a Serious Threat'? — We, in the media, have given a lot of airtime to the TV ads of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., this week, starring, as they do, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
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The Politico:
Storm could swamp GOP convention — Planners of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul held emergency conversations Wednesday about what to do if a tropical storm continues on its track as a potential Category 3 hurricane threatening New Orleans. — Gustav's projected path suggests …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's Newest Left Hand — In her black-rimmed glasses, black T-shirt, jeans and orange sneakers, green iPod wires dangling from her ears, Rachel Maddow cuts an unassuming figure at odds with her growing celebrity. — “I know I don't look like everybody else on television …
Todd Beeton / MyDD:
Live From Hillary Clinton Delegate Meeting UPDATE — Update [2008-8-27 16:5:44 by Todd Beeton]:Hillary has released her delegates but will not tell them what to do. She told her delegates that she signed her ballot for Senator Obama this morning. — I'm here at the Denver Convention Center …
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