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Clinton Speaks

By | 08.27.08 | 9:37 pm

DENVER–It was close to 8:04 p.m. (EDT) when Bill Clinton, the last Democrat to win consecutive presidential terms as president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, spoke. When the cries of “Bill” “Bill” “Bill” died down, Clinton declared that he was “first here to support Barack Obama.” Unlike during the primaries, when More…

James Carville Is Wearing Pumas

By | 08.26.08 | 1:03 pm

Spencer Ackerman just phoned in from Denver to say he saw James Carville by the CNN grill wearing a brand new pair of Pumas.

New at TWI: Clinton Supporter Smells Doom

By | 08.26.08 | 7:17 am

TWI politics reporter Sridhar Pappu spent yesterday morning with Lynn Forester de Rothschild to get the long-time Democratic donor and ardent Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter’s take on the convention and her party’s chances in the Fall. Miffed by Obama’s decision to forego Clinton as a running-mate, here’s what More…

Clinton Donor Predicts Loss in November

By | 08.26.08 | 7:00 am

DENVER, Colo.–Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild sat in total darkness, the curtains of her downtown Denver hotel drawn closed. It was late in the morning of Monday, Aug. 25, a day before Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom de Rothschild had raised vast sums for as a “HillRaiser,” was slated to More…