As the evening closed to orchestral strains from the film ‘The American President’ playing in the background, there was not one fictional note in Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s acceptance speech before a crowd of 90,000 people at Mile High Stadium. Reflecting on the tone, all I could think of was the archetypal movie line, “now [...]

by Charley James
In Ken Burns’ landmark documentary The Civil War, the first episode opened with writer Shelby Foote saying, “You can’t understand America without understanding the Civil War and the role race has played throughout our history.” In watching Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in Denver last night, my mind drifted back to my childhood when [...]

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To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation.
With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.
Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, [...]

Beau Biden, Joe Biden’s son, introduced his father to the Democratic Convention. Below is the text of the speech he gave.
 
Good evening, I’m Beau Biden. And Joe Biden is my dad.
Many of you know him as a distinguished and accomplished senator. I know him as an incredible father and a loving grandfather. A man who [...]

Michelle Obama, vilified by the fringe right, accused of horrible racial slurs and tarred with the same brush as her kooky pastor, wowed the Democratic convention last night with her dignity, grace and the heart of a lion. Speaking of lions, Ted Kennedy, the spiritual leader of the party, tied a bow around what would [...]

C-Span is reporting that according to anonymous sources, Massachusetts senior Senator, Ted Kennedy arrived in Denver Sunday Night by private plane and will address the convention live this evening.

338,000 people voted to assign 26 delegates or .6% of total delegates in play and captured the media spotlight for a week as the Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton steel cage match went another breathless round, while reddest of Republican states Mississippi, ignored the personal campaigning of Vice President Dick Cheney as the Democrat Travis Childers won [...]

No we’re not talking about her threat to wipe Iran off the face of the earth if they attack Israel. This nuclear option is her plan for winning the nomination at the convention in Denver.
Simply, the plan under wraps and labelled “secret” at Hillary HQ is a page out of former advisor to her husband’s [...]