Obama Is Nominated by Acclamation DENVER – Senator Barack Obama, the Hawaiian-born son of a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, officially became the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party on Wednesday, capping a meteoric rise from a little-known first-term senator to the first African-American to win a major-party nomination.Visit New York Times Website
Is Denver big enough for Sean Penn and Obama Girl? DENVER - Is this town big enough for both Sean Penn and the Obama Girl?...Visit Associated Press Website
The Muslim Republican backing Obama The American Muslim Democratic Caucus has held its first Convention meeting to increase involvement of Muslim-Americans in politics. One traditionally Republican Muslim tells Al Jazeera how he's helping Obama.
Did Hillary Mean It? In her speech to the Democratic convention Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton urged fellow Democrats to vote for Barack Obama, and she did it in no uncertain terms -- verbally...Visit CBS News Website
When You Can't Say Something Nice Here’s an item for Guinness World Records: After what seemed like 1,001 Democratic primary debates, and all the time she spent with him in Senate meetings and caucuses and fundraisers and the Green Rooms of countless television studios, Hillary Rodham Clinton could not come up with one -- not one! -- anecdote to commend Barack Obama to the American people. Instead, she said that Obama, like she, supports health care.Visit Washington Post Website
Hillary Clinton's Speech Was a Good Start on Her 2012 Run My bottom line reaction to Hillary Clinton's speech Tuesday night: Good, but not quite very good, for Barack Obama in 2008. Even better, if things should turn out like they might, for Hillary Clinton in 2012...Visit U.S. News & World Report Website
Barack Obama's agenda so far is a no-show DENVER -- This week's Democratic convention sought to relaunch Barack Obama's presidential campaign by doing three things: Healing the party's internal rift, showing voters who Obama is, and spelling out more clearly what he would do as president, especially on the economy. But at the halfway point, the convention still seemed, at best, to have accomplished Step 1...Visit Los Angeles Times Website
Hillary Clinton calls on Democrats to end their rift DENVER -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, accepting defeat with grace and generosity, moved to close the divide among fellow Democrats on Tuesday night by offering a forceful and unequivocal endorsement of her fierce rival, Barack Obama...Visit Los Angeles Times Website
Clinton Rallies Her Troops to Fight for an Obama Victory DENVER — With her husband looking on tenderly 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 to unite behind her rival, Senator Barack Obama, no matter what ill will lingered...Visit New York Times Website
Bill Clinton in Denver again undercuts Obama "Suppose for example you're a voter. And you've got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don't think that person can deliver on anything. Candidate Y disagrees with you on half the issues, but you believe that on the other half, the candidate will be able to deliver. For whom would you vote?" Visit The Hill Website
McCain says Obama's views invite trouble abroad PHOENIX - Republican presidential candidate John McCain told veterans Tuesday that Democrat Barack Obama's opposition to the Iraq war and preference for collective diplomacy over U.S. leadership would create more trouble and aggression in the world....Visit Associated Press Website
Hillary Clinton's convention hurrah DENVER - Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton closed out her history-making 2008 quest for the White House Tuesday with a prime-time appearance at the Democratic National Convention, while party leaders were caught up in curious debate...Visit Associated Press Website
Democrats bicker over how hard to hit McCain DENVER - Democrats bickered among themselves Tuesday about how hard to attack John McCain as the party's former dominant couple - Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton - took center stage at Barack Obama's political coronation. Convention strains persisted between Obama...Visit Associated Press Website
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