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Nice overview of a successful convention. I suggest reading it with Dave Barry's columns for the National Review for a balanced and more entertaining perspective.

Quoted: The Convention suggested possibility and hope even with the Bush Administration, arguably the worst in history, still in power, and with the Republican nominee’s poll ratings seeming to pop precisely when he resorts to the tactics of his old nemesis, Karl Rove. The sense of national drift is no longer a novelist’s overheated conceit.

Quoted: The Ohio governor, Ted Strickland, got off the best, unheard line of the Convention when he said that, unlike George H. W. Bush, who was born on third base and thought he hit a triple, George W. was born on third base and stole second.

Zing!

Excellent article! Begins by examining the competing economic viewpoints in the Democratic Party- personified by Bob (Reich) and Bob (Rubin)- and proceeds with an analysis of the evolution of Obama's economic views.

Quoted: he was exhausted from two days of campaigning in Florida and might decide to nap as soon as he got on the plane... but we ended up talking for an hour.
Quoted: "a country’s health can’t be measured simply by its economic output. That output, he said, “counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them” but not “the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play.” .... The current concerns about the state of the planet, he said, required something of a paradigm shift for economics. If we don’t make serious changes soon, probably in the next 10 or 15 years, we may find that it’s too late.

This article raises several good points about the democratic party and how it may impact the upcoming election this year.

Quoted:The Republicans are so unpopular that any semi-competent opposition party should be sauntering to victory in the mid-term elections in November. Only 36% of Americans think George Bush is doing a good job as president. Even Republican states are lukewarm: his approval rating is above 50% only in Idaho, Nebraska, Utah and Wyoming. And Americans like the Republican-led Congress even less: a paltry 23% of them approve of its performance.

a great resource for Seattle are democrats on the upcoming caucuses.

Quoted: This website is a tool for some Democrats in the Seattle area to share pertinent information about the electoral process--kinda like a blog! It is not authorized or approved by any committee or candidate.

Rove on the Dems.

Haven't picked my candidate yet, but this is interesting -- as are many of the supporting links.

Quoted: John Edwards' Closing Argument -- And Why The Media Doesn't Get It - The Huffington Post

This is great and shows a really fun personality in politics.

Quoted: 2007/12/03 - Rep. Dennis Kucinich stole the show at the Brown and Black Democratic Forum when he hijacked the format to ask himself a question. - Kucinich Asks Himself a Question

This is very exciting news ! Obama is gaining the lead in Iowa!
Obama campaign strategy has been to emerge #1 or #2 in the first caucus/primary - Iowa and it is working because more people see him more they like him -- more they see Hillary less they like her!

Quoted: Poll Shows Obama Creeping Up on Clinton

Actually I think there might be something to this butterfly army idea =)