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Obama Introduces Kaine as New DNC Chair

At a press conference moments ago, President-elect Barack Obama endorsed Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to be the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, succeeding the highly successful Howard Dean.
After praising Dean’s “outstanding work,” Obama highlighted Kaine’s “progressive philosophy” that allowed him to build “a model of good and responsible government in the Commonwealth of [...]

Dean to Bloggers: ‘The Next State on My List is Texas’

Not-for-much-longer DNC Chairman Howard Dean just held a conference call with America’s bloggers — or, as Gov. Sarah Palin would have it, “kids in pajamas sitting in the basement of their parents’ homes.” Over the rumble of the washing machine, I asked him about the successes and failures of his famous 50-state strategy, credited with [...]

GOP Attacks Obama’s Visit to (Now Deceased) Grandmother

On election eve, Sen. John McCain announced his condolences to Sen. Barack Obama on the passing of his 86-year-old grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham. But other GOP officials spent Monday attacking Obama for his recent trip to visit Ms. Dunham.
The California GOP filed a last-minute complaint, contending:

Who’s the GOP Candidate?

The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder has a wonderful catch. Take a look at these screen grabs from the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee Websites and see if you notice who is missing:

Obama Rolls Out Cancer Policy as Kerry Rebuts Palin

Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign unveiled a new plank of its health-care policy on Friday. They outlined a plan to fight cancer, double funding for cancer research to $5 billion a year, protect cancer patients against health-care discrimination for pre-existing conditions and revive the National institute of Health, or NIH.
About 10 million Americans experience cancer during [...]

Obama Would Lose Without Them

Sen. Barack Obama needs young voters to keep turning out at unusually high rates in order to win in November. While his campaign adeptly mobilized them in the primaries, and continues to empower young operatives in senior positions, the Democratic National Convention disappointed some youth advocates by under-using young people on stage, as I [...]

Are Young Voters Taking Over The Party?

Sen. Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee largely because of unprecedented turnout by young voters in key primary states. (More data below.) Last week, walking around the speeches, panels and parties at the Democratic National Convention, it was clear that young voters are ascendant. Young people made up 16 percent of the delegates, a [...]

Obama Regains His Balance

Up until Thursday night it had been a crowded week for the Democratic National Convention. There were too many delegates and reporters jammed into the Pepsi Center. The conversations of the faithful were crowded with anxieties about slipping poll numbers, soft messaging, elusive unity, and the omnipresent Clintons. Memories of disastrous Augusts (John Kerry in [...]

McCain Ad Congratulates Obama

DAYTON, Ohio — While my TWI colleagues are preparing for Obama’s speech at Invesco, I’m here anxiously awaiting Sen. John McCain’s veep announcement, slated for tomorrow. Free tickets for the 12,000-seater still available!
Also, the mysterious ad announced earlier in the day by the McCain campaign is, in fact, a congratulatory message recognizing Sen. Barack [...]

Welcome To Invesco Field

DENVER — Here it is, one of the most spectacular displays of political pageantry in American history: Invesco Field, home of the Broncos, for the climactic event of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. In a few hours, Sen. Barack Obama will officially become the first African-American presidential nominee of a major party. This is history [...]