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Oprah on Obama: 'I Cried My Lashes Off'

Talk-show host calls Dem's acceptance speech 'transcendent'

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey is leaving Denver with the candidate she wanted, but reportedly without her eyelashes. The talk-show host said she was moved to tears by Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC. "I cried my eyelashes off," she said from Invesco Field. "I think it's the most...

A 'Perfect Speech for a Skeptical Nation'

Klein: Obama shows off his pragmatic side in Denver

(Newser) - Barack Obama delivered "the perfect speech for a skeptical nation," writes Joe Klein in Time. Absent was Obama’s typical lofty oratory; in its place was a speech that was “lean, efficient, practical and very, very tough.” Obama’s goal was to prove that he was...

Obama Surprises With Grand, Joyless Speech: Noonan

Speech has heft, but not lift

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s speech last night was a surprising gamble, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. Obama was stern, serious—even indignant—and unusually joyless.  "The speech itself lacked lift but had heft. It wasn't precisely long on hope, but I think it showed audacity."...

Down-to-Earth Barack Brought Fire
 Down-to-Earth
 Barack Brought Fire
OPINION
Aug 29, 2008 7:55 AM CDT

Down-to-Earth Barack Brought Fire

Speech brings Democratic nominee's campaign back to the elements

(Newser) - Barack Obama took on two of his greatest challenges head-on in his acceptance speech last night, Patrick Healy writes in the New York Times. The Democratic nominee added some down-to-earth proposals to his lofty talk of change, while proving he could take the fight to John McCain with "memorable...

Top Black Donors Emerge as New Force

Business leaders see parallel of their own rise in Obama

(Newser) - Barack Obama's rise to the top of the Democratic Party has a special resonance for one group: African-American business leaders who, like the candidate, were among the first blacks to enter into all-white industries. As the New York Times reports, black lawyers, bankers, and corporate titans see in Obama an...

Obama: 67 Days, 6 Vital Tasks
 Obama: 67 Days, 6 Vital Tasks
OPINION
Aug 29, 2008 3:29 AM CDT

Obama: 67 Days, 6 Vital Tasks

Dem strategists come up with Obama to-do list to win tough fight

(Newser) - Democrats leave their convention on an emotional high, having anointed a historic candidate whose journey  former president Jimmy Carter called  "almost a miracle," USA Today notes. The paper consults top Democrats for a to-do list for a victory in November.
  • Go all-out to reintroduce himself to voters and
...

Obama: 'We Are a Better Country Than This'

(Newser) - Barack Obama made the most of his historic night at Denver's packed Invesco Field with a broad-based attack on the "broken politics of Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush," Reuters reports. "We are here because we love this country too much to let the...

McCain Puts Gloves On for a Night, Offers Congratulations

Campaign takes a break from attack commercials to say 'job well done'

(Newser) - John McCain delivers an unusual message to Barack Obama tonight in a new campaign ad: "Congratulations." In the ad, which the Republican's camp had teased as "exciting" early in the day, McCain looks into the camera and says,"How perfect that your nomination would come on...

Cindy McCain's Half-Sister Goes for Obama

'I have a different political standpoint,' estranged sib says

(Newser) - Cindy McCain’s estranged half-sister is not voting Republican, Us Magazine reports. “I’m voting for Obama,” says Kathleen Hensley Portalski, 65, adding she has “a different political standpoint. I’m not a big war believer.”

Big Stage Leaves Plenty of Room for GOP Potshots

Dems fear lavish stadium production could hurt Obama

(Newser) - Top Democrats are fretting over the mile-high risks their party faces tonight in Denver when Barack Obama takes the stage at Invesco Field. Officials fear rock-star treatment, complete with Greek-inspired staging Republicans dubbed “Barackopolis,” could reinforce claims of an out-of-touch candidate. “It’s likely that the campaign...

Next Prez Will Have to Save the Planet
Next Prez Will Have to Save
the Planet
OPINION
Aug 28, 2008 2:00 PM CDT

Next Prez Will Have to Save the Planet

Winner of election will immediately have to combat climate change

(Newser) - Whether it's John McCain or Barack Obama, the next US president will instantly face "the most momentous political challenge of all time"—saving the world from catastrophic climate change, Carlos Pascual and Strobe Talbott write in the Washington Post. We have 7 years to begin reducing greenhouse gas...

Obama Turns Army Loose on Chicago's WGN

Supporters protest radio airtime for campaign critic

(Newser) - Barack Obama's camp deployed its devoted followers to flood the phone lines of Chicago's WGN-AM last night during an appearance by writer Stanley Kurtz, an Obama critic. A WGN producer tells the Tribune the campaign's push generated “the biggest response we've ever got” during the 2-hour segment with Kurtz,...

McCain to Air Rebuttal Ad, Could Leak VP Choice Tonight

GOP goal is to distract from Obama speech

(Newser) - John McCain has a top-secret ad scheduled to run during or just after Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in battleground states—and the campaign could leak news of the Republican’s running mate even earlier, Mike Allen writes on Politico. Little is known about the ad, save that McCain will...

Obama Girls Hoped for Jonas Bros, Got Dad Instead

Mom's "surprise" was "Daddy" instead of rockers

(Newser) - Malia and Sasha Obama had hoped that a surprise visit Monday night after their mom’s convention speech was from someone with a little more rock-star quality than their dad, CNN reports. “Is it the Jonas Brothers?” 10-year-old Malia asked when Michelle Obama leaned down on stage to tell...

After 43 Years, LBJ's Dream Is Realized Tonight
After 43 Years, LBJ's Dream Is Realized Tonight
OPINION
Aug 28, 2008 10:12 AM CDT

After 43 Years, LBJ's Dream Is Realized Tonight

Voting Rights Act paved the way for Obama's candidacy, writes Caro

(Newser) - As Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination tonight, author Robert A. Caro will be remembering another speech: Lyndon Johnson's 1965 address to Congress urging the passage of the Voting Rights Act. In that speech, which reduced Martin Luther King to tears, LBJ "adopted the great anthem of the civil...

From Rockies, Dems Can See Their Future
From Rockies, Dems Can See Their Future
ANALYSIS
Aug 28, 2008 7:06 AM CDT

From Rockies, Dems Can See Their Future

Party can mine the West's demographic, ideological shifts

(Newser) - The past few years have shown a surprising trend toward a Democratic preference in the Mountain West, but that doesn’t mean voters are embracing the party line, Ryan Lizza writes in the New Yorker. Governors like Colorado’s Bill Ritter—who gained office on a coalition more of new...

Masterful Bill Gets Convention on Track
Masterful Bill Gets Convention on Track
OPINION
Aug 28, 2008 4:36 AM CDT

Masterful Bill Gets Convention on Track

Dem highlights also include best speech of Hillary's career

(Newser) - Bill Clinton has made the case for Barack Obama better than anybody else at the Democratic Convention, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal. "Crazy, red-faced Rageholic" Bill was absent and in his place was a masterful statesman, who delivered a "great tee-up" up for Obama's acceptance...

Biden: McCain 'Doesn't Get It'
 Biden: McCain
 'Doesn't Get It'
Aug 27, 2008 10:01 PM CDT

Biden: McCain 'Doesn't Get It'

(Newser) - Joe Biden accepted his party's nomination to be vice president tonight, then took to the podium to pound the theme that John McCain will offer nothing more than a third Bush term, CNN reports. "John McCain doesn't seem to get it," said Biden, stressing his own humble roots...

Bill Clinton: 'Obama Is Ready'
 Bill Clinton: 'Obama Is Ready' 
Aug 27, 2008 8:29 PM CDT

Bill Clinton: 'Obama Is Ready'

(Newser) - Bill Clinton tonight delivered a forceful endorsement of Barack Obama, saying that the newly anointed nominee is ready and able to undo the damage of the Bush administration. "Barack Obama is the man for this job," said Clinton, who had feuded with his wife's rival throughout the primaries....

Historic First: Obama's the Nominee

(Newser) - Barack Obama today became the first black candidate to earn the presidential nomination of a major party. His main rival, Hillary Clinton, got him there with a flourish by personally suspending the official roll call and asking that he be nominated by acclamation. She said she did so "in...

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