Copyright 2008 The New York Sun Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:31:35 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics webmaster@nysun.com en-us Russell Berman http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/clinton-congratulates-palin-says-we-shou.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/clinton-congratulates-palin-says-we-shou.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:31:34 EST Senator Clinton has just released a rather gracious statement on Senator McCain's selection of Governor Palin of Alaska as his running mate. "We should all be proud of Governor Sarah Palin's historic nomination, and I congratulate her and Senator McCain," Mrs. Clinton said. "While their policies would take America in the wrong direction, Governor Palin will add an important new voice to the debate." In tone, the statement matches the one put out by Senators Obama and Biden welcoming Ms. Palin Russell Berman http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/alaska-governors-website-not-working.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/alaska-governors-website-not-working.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:55:31 EST The official Alaska governor's Web site is not working at the moment, a possible sign that the influx of people wondering just who Sarah Palin is may have caused the site to crash SETH GITELL http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/the-view-from-inside-invesco.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/the-view-from-inside-invesco.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:45:00 EST It's a remarkable thing to watch one man address more than 70,000. Even from my vantage point right on the 50 yard line, Senator Obama's head was only a dot SETH GITELL http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/food-shortage-at-invesco.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/food-shortage-at-invesco.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:25:00 EST People power might be doing a great job energizing Barack Obama's campaign, but it's not doing so well at Invesco Field – at least as far as the concession stands are concerned SETH GITELL http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/crowds-seek-entry-to-invesco-center.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/crowds-seek-entry-to-invesco-center.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:30:27 EST I just made my way into the Invesco Center. Per the recommendation of Convention authorities, I took Denver's light rail and found a smooth way in Josh Gerstein http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/dnc-vignettes-80-parking-former-chair-at.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/dnc-vignettes-80-parking-former-chair-at.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:24:00 EST Hordes of people are milling amid some chaos outside the Invesco Field as tens of thousands of delegates, press, community members, and VIPs try to make their way into the heavily secured site JOSH GERSTEIN http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/a-pricey-anti-poverty-ad.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/a-pricey-anti-poverty-ad.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:47:00 EST A bare-bones, anti-poverty television advertisement featuring the face of Matt Damon, along with the voices of Cindy McCain, Michelle Obama, and Mayor Bloomberg and others, cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars to produce, federal records show Russell Berman http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/mccain-to-congratulate-obama-in-ad-airin.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/mccain-to-congratulate-obama-in-ad-airin.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:53:00 EST Senator McCain's campaign just released a television ad to run tonight around the time that Senator Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination. The 30-second spot features Mr. McCain speaking directly to the camera and congratulating Mr. Obama on his historic achievement. "Senator Obama, this is truly a good day for America," Mr. McCain says in the ad, which his campaigns says will air on national cable TV and in key states. "Too often the achievements of our opponents go Russell Berman http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/michelle-obama-again-pays-tribute-to-cli.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/michelle-obama-again-pays-tribute-to-cli.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:36:37 EST Michelle Obama paid tribute yet again to Senator Clinton as she addressed the convention's women's caucus here this morning. "Thanks to her, my husband is a better candidate," she said. "Thanks to her, his campaign is a better campaign. And thanks to her, my daughters and all of our daughters have the freedom to dream bigger dreams." Mrs. Obama stressed the importance of the women's vote and said women "now more than ever need an advocate in the White House." She was greeted enthusiastically by Josh Gerstein http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/maine-guam-in-bitter-solar-dispute.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/maine-guam-in-bitter-solar-dispute.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:24:08 EST The Democratic Convention delegations from Maine and Guam may see eye to eye about Senator Obama, but they disagree about something as basic as where the sun comes up first in the morning Josh Gerstein http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/congresswoman-invokes-judaism-israel-whi.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/congresswoman-invokes-judaism-israel-whi.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EST Departing from her pre-released text, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida just mentioned her Judaism and Senator Obama's views on Israel as she seconded Mr. Obama's nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Denver Josh Gerstein http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/obama-adviser-next-presidents-first-term.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/obama-adviser-next-presidents-first-term.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:54:51 EST A senior foreign policy adviser to Senator Obama, Gregory Craig, is arguing that the next four years may offer a final opportunity to achieve peace in the Middle East Russell Berman http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/barney-frank-a-hit-at-lgbt-event.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/barney-frank-a-hit-at-lgbt-event.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:05:32 EST Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts is known for a speaking style that matches his last name, and he didn't disappoint this afternoon as he addressed an LGBT caucus luncheon here Josh Gerstein http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/nafta-whats-nafta.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/nafta-whats-nafta.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:58:00 EST Is Senator Obama's campaign making a deliberate effort to tone down Democrats' public pillorying of free trade agreements like Nafta? Russell Berman http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/teleprompter-runs-for-sightless-paterson.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/teleprompter-runs-for-sightless-paterson.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:10:08 EST Governor Paterson may be legally blind, but that didn't stop Democratic convention officials from running the teleprompter during his speech this afternoon. Mr. Paterson can only read when holding written pages extremely close to his face, and he generally memorizes his speeches. He departed on a few occasions from the prepared text handed to reporters, but none of his revisions deviated from the broader Democratic message. He made one slip-up toward the end of his remarks, inserting Senator Josh Gerstein http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/biden-after-iraq-court-will-be-obamas-mo.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/biden-after-iraq-court-will-be-obamas-mo.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:23:46 EST Senator Biden wants voters and Democratic activists to put more focus on the consequences for the Supreme Court that will flow from the outcome of this fall's presidential race Josh Gerstein http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/biden-warns-of-gop-attack-on-spending.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/biden-warns-of-gop-attack-on-spending.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:41:00 EST Senator Biden of Delaware sounded more like a sage political strategist than an attack dog when he appeared with Michelle Obama at a women-focused economic forum in Denver this morning Russell Berman http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/update-hotel-says-green-key-card-problem.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/update-hotel-says-green-key-card-problem.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:54:28 EST We have an update regarding our post Sunday about problems that guests at the Sheraton in downtown Denver were having with sustainable wooden hotel key cards being used as part of the effort to make this year's convention the "greenest" ever. The hotel says that the wooden cards have been fixed and are now in use Russell Berman http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/rangel-on-convention-speech-i-had-no-ide.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/rangel-on-convention-speech-i-had-no-ide.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:37:08 EST Rep. Charles Rangel of Harlem voiced (feigned?) surprise this morning when reporters asked him about his being added to the roster of convention speakers this afternoon. "I have? Really?" He said he had "no idea" what he was going to talk about Seth Gitell http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/spike-lee-talks-tough-about-clinton.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2008/08/spike-lee-talks-tough-about-clinton.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:21:28 EST New York filmmaker and Barack Obama supporter Spike Lee is talking tough about Senator Clinton, who speaks tonight at the Democratic National Convention