Everyone's trying to figure out whether or not Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's pick for vice presidential running mate, has experience [http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/palin_more_experience_than_oba.php]. As far as election strategy goes, it doesn't matter that Palin has
When your first Democratic National Convention was 1968 in Chicago [/blog/2008-election/17070/], it surely must be all uphill from there, but the Barack Obama convention of 2008 seemed to me the most accomplished and positive in the party's recent history. Certainly it far surpassed those of 1968 th
Sen. Barack Obama's fiery, seminal acceptance speech set the stage for what will be a fiercely contested campaign.
In his acceptance speech, Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden commenced the assault on Sen. John McCain with an effective, point-by-point deconstruction of the GOP candidate. But possible McCain running mate Mitt Romney is in the wings and already on the offensive. It's going to be a
After intense and non-stop media speculation, Sen. Hillary Clinton Tuesday night gave a Democratic National Convention [http://www.demconvention.com/] speech that was no surprise at all.
