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Democratic National Convention stories: 153 news summaries

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 Kennedy: 'Dream Lives On'


Aug 25, 08 9:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy, vowing that "nothing is going to keep me away," made an impassioned plea for Barack Obama tonight at the Democratic convention, MSNBC reports. Kennedy, who's battling brain cancer, declared it a "season of hope" and said the nation needs Obama's lofty ambitions. "When John... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Democratic National Convention • Ted Kennedy

ANALYSIS

Biggest Convention Donors Usually Need Favors

No limit to funds given to parties' gatherings

Aug 25, 08 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Major donors to the Democratic and GOP conventions this year either have business pending with politicians or have recently received a favorable ruling, the Los Angeles Times reports. From cable companies to a government union to an electric utility, millions of dollars have flowed into party coffers—but both sides... More »

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Qwest • campaign finance • Democratic National Convention • corruption • Colorado • corporate governance

 Kennedy Speech
 Among 5 Things
 to See at DNC

Watch for Clinton supporters, Jesse Jackson

Aug 25, 08 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here's what to watch at the Democratic National Convention tonight, Politico reports:
  1. Ted Kennedy, still recovering from surgery, "is definitely speaking tonight," one Dem said, and plans a memorable torch-passing to Barack Obama.
  2. Michelle Obama will try to sell herself as a strong but inoffensive first
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jesse Jackson • Michelle Obama • Democratic National Convention • Ted Kennedy • DNC

Dems, Still Bruised, Open Convention

Hillary slams Mac attack ad, will call for Obama support on floor

Aug 25, 08 4:57 PM CDT
(AP) - The Democrats opened their 2008 presidential nominating convention today in Denver, a four-day political festival to nominate Barack Obama for president and fellow Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, was in Denver for the opening and might speak tonight to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Ted Kennedy • Democratic Party • Election 2008

Bon Jovi, Springsteen to Rock Obama's DNC Speech 

Dem indeed Born in the USA, but is he Livin' on a Prayer?

Aug 25, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday evening will be music to our ears—or will at least be accompanied by it, the Rocky Mountain News reports. Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen will perform acoustic songs during the star-studded festivities in Denver—though sources wouldn’... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • Bruce Springsteen • Jon Bon Jovi • DNC

Jesse Jackson Jr.: Obama's Like Jackie Robinson

Candidate has to endure jeers with a smile, can't strike back

Aug 25, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is like Jackie Robinson: he’s got to perform despite racist taunts, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., son of the civil-rights leader, said during a Politico-sponsored panel discussion today ahead of the Democratic convention. Like the baseball pioneer, Obama “has to keep smiling,” in the face of... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Jesse Jackson • Jackie Robinson • Democratic National Convention • baseball • Jesse Jackson Jr. • African-Americans

Deal Would Give Clinton Some Convention Props

Hillary would end voting for her with call to back Obama unanimously

Aug 25, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are close to a deal to allow symbolic voting during Wednesday’s Democratic roll call, the AP reports, which Clinton herself might stop by asking for unanimous backing for Obama from the convention floor. While Clinton says she plans to vote for Obama, she wouldn’... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Hillary Clinton supporters • DNC

OPINION

 It's Not Race That's
 Holding Him Back 

Blaming white voters will only be counterproductive, says Bai

Aug 25, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama goes into this week's convention in Denver with only the slimmest of leads—or, as some polls suggest, trailing John McCain. In a year when it's widely assumed that any Democratic candidate should be a shoo-in, many in the press have suggested that Obama's race is costing him... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Democratic National Convention • race relations • Democratic Party • white voters • African-Americans

Obama-Clinton Tension Runs High in Denver

Neither side is feeling the love as convention kicks off

Aug 25, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Months after Hillary Clinton announced her support for Barack Obama, tensions between the two camps have flared again, Politico reports, and behind-the-scenes sniping in Denver is intense. Bill Clinton is unhappy with his speech assignment—Wednesday night's theme, securing America's future, leaves him little room to revisit the successes of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters

 Mich., Fla. Get Full Delegations

But compromise shouldn't endanger Obama

Aug 25, 08 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The much-contested delegations from Michigan and Florida will receive full voting rights at the Democratic National Convention tonight, the Washington Post reports. Michigan and Florida’s primaries favored Hillary Clinton, but adjustments have been made in Obama’s favor, and Clinton seems poised to release her delegates to vote... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Michigan primary • Florida primary • pledged delegates • convention delegates • Democratic Rules and Bylaws Committee

Anxious Dems Urge Obama
to Hit Hard

Convention will seek
to define candidate
and attack McCain

Aug 25, 08 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic convention opens tonight, not quite the coronation envisioned only a month ago as twitchy party grandees push Barack Obama to make his case forcefully to a still-skeptical electorate—using the spotlight to draw the strongest possible distinctions between himself and John McCain. "The stakes of this election... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Kerry • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Democratic Party • convention

UPDATED

 Ted Kennedy in Denver;
Plans to Speak Tonight

Determined to address convention tonight

Aug 25, 08 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic titan Ted Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, is in Denver and plans to address the Democratic National Convention tonight, reports the Boston Globe. The Kennedy clan is gathering for what is certain to be an emotionally powerful and highly symbolic moment. Doctors are concerned that Kennedy's immune system... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • Ted Kennedy • brain cancer • Jean Kennedy Smith • Ethel Kennedy • Stephen Smith • Kathleen Kennedy

 Hillary Plans
 Own Rally in
 Show of Strength

Clinton will gather her delegates before releasing them to Obama

Aug 25, 08 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton plans a demonstration of her political strength at the Democratic Convention by gathering her own delegates—and supporters—at a separate venue before formally releasing them to vote for Barack Obama. The Wednesday reception-rally at another convention center is viewed as part of Clinton's strategy for a potential... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Joe Biden • Democratic National Convention • Hillary Clinton supporters • Colorado Convention Center • Democratic National Convention arena • Philippe Reines • United Farm Workers

Denver Gears Up for Democratic Convention

City has enlisted 25,000 volunteers, raised millions for DNC

Aug 24, 08 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic convention is ready to roll in Denver tomorrow despite a few hiccups, like the 1,500 anti-war marchers who gathered outside the Pepsi Center today, the Denver Post reports. But the "Recreate 68" protesters dispersed when asked by police, returning the spotlight to the Democrats' mega-plan—which... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • protests • anti war movement • Obama 2008 • Democratic nomination • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • protesters

 Michelle Embraces Jill on Trail

Biden's wife says the political counterparts 'have chemistry'

Aug 24, 08 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama eagerly backed her husband's veep pick this week and welcomed Jill Biden with an embrace at yesterday's rally, People reports. "I've stayed out of this process," Michelle said, "but when he told me his choice I said, 'That's the right choice.' I was like,... More »

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Joe Biden • Michelle Obama • Democratic National Convention • vice president • vice presidential sweepstakes • Election 2008 • Jill Biden

OPINION

'Relic' Conventions to Host Huge Political Shifts

Obama, McCain both aim to redirect parties

Aug 23, 08 12:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The presidential nominees are already decided—so why have conventions? “Money and publicity," Bill Schneider writes on CNN. Gala events are prime opportunities to milk donors, and high visibility has led “both parties try to control every minute of the convention as if it were a television... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democratic National Convention • Election 2008 • party politics • Republican National Convention

Detroit Mayor Rejects Deal to Step Down

Embattled Kilpatrick would have had one assault charge nixed

Aug 22, 08 7:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has rejected a plea deal in his assault case that would have forced him to resign, the Detroit Free Press reports. The judge in the case declined to discuss the mayor’s bond, which confines him to Detroit, and set a court date for Monday.... More »

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Detroit • Democratic National Convention • resignation • perjury • plea bargain • assault • Kwame Kilpatrick

ANALYSIS

 Obama, Not Clintons, 
 Must Be Denver Story 

Nominee must be on message, and forcefully, at Democratic convention

Aug 22, 08 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heading into their convention, Democrats are increasingly worried about what should be a gimme election. With his poll lead slipping or even disappearing, Barack Obama needs a strong convention showing, like Bill Clinton’s in 1992, Scot Lehigh writes in the Boston Globe. To do it, he’ll need to... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Obama 2008

Clinton to Police Her Devotees 
in Denver

Former candidate sets up 'whip team' to curb protests from loyalists

Aug 21, 08 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is deploying a 40-member "whip team" at the Democratic convention in Denver to make sure her supporters do not cause a ruckus with anti-Obama demonstrations during the roll-call vote, reports Politico. The symbolic floor vote on Clinton's nomination is supposed to be an emotional "catharsis" for... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Election 2008 • whip team

Retail Politics Entangle Book on Obama

Barnes & Noble cuts order over publisher's deal with Amazon

Aug 19, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barnes and Noble says its stores will not stock Obama’s Challenge, a new book outlining a progressive economic agenda for the Democratic candidate, because the publisher cut an exclusive deal with Amazon.com, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon’s print-on-demand service will offer the title beginning Monday, while... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • book • DNC • Amazon.com • Amazon • book sale • Barnes & Noble • Robert Kuttner

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