DENVER — You can’t walk a block here without seeing at least a handful of vendors staked out on the sidewalk corner, selling everything from Obama-emblazoned T-shirts to his-and-hers complementary scents, mixed to evoke fragrant impressions of Hillary and Bill Clinton (the Bill is a “pre-Lewinsky” blend, we’re told.).
Jim Macer, a self-described peddler hailing from [...]

Obama crashed his own Party at the Pepsi Center tonight, sending the crowd into a frenzy after an already rousing evening of speeches from Bill Clinton and veep pick Joe Biden. Our very own Max Zimbert CrackBerried his reaction from the arena:
“Obama in the flesh is a new energy policy for the Pepsi Center. It [...]

SITV’s Wendy Carrillo interviews Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

On the 88th anniversary of women’s suffrage, P+P caught up with former National Co-Chair of Clinton campaign L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to ask him what Clinton’s campaign and the 18 million cracks it left in the ceiling meant for him and his three daughters.

“I think both candidates represent a lot to my girls. [...]

All eyes are on Denver this week for the convention. With 15,000 journalists roaming area surrounding the Pepsi Center for scoops, there’s no shortage of stories pouring out of the Mile High city. But pumping out informative —and hopefully entertaining —pieces isn’t just a matter of being in the right place at the right time [...]

The Democrats entered the convention looking for unity, but by the end of Hillary Clinton’s speech, it was clear that the real result of the party-saving efforts was nothing more than a promotion of unison.
Her speech hit all the right marks—plugging the party platform, paying respect to the hard work and dedication of her 18 [...]

Torey Van Oot gets ex-Fugee Wyclef Jean to share his thoughts on courting the Latino vote for Obama.

Sunday was our first night hitting the town on the convention party circuit. Chris and I started off the night at the Young Democrats of America convention kick-off party, where we ran into Matt Singer of the Bus Project. The Bus Federation (a.k.a. BusFed) is a the result of grassroots political operations in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, [...]

Torey Van Oot interviews local Denver voters about their choice in November.

Torey Van Oot spots Al Sharpton at the DNC.

Early “retirement” Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff is expected to step down in the next few days. The news came after leaders of the ruling coalition said they planned to impeach him.
Money matters Inflation has skyrocketed to a 17-year high, so each party’s presumptive presidential nominee is talking taxes. Both Obama and McCain say their plan [...]

Denver Debauchery With just 10 days until the Democratic National Convention kicks off. The media is salivating over every scheduling change and RSVP. The Obama camp has decided to let Hillary Clinton’s name be added into the mix to appease the legions of Clintonites who won’t quit ’til their gal has a fair shot at clinching [...]

Obama’s Looking to be the ‘Text’ President. Torey Van Oot dissects the strategy.

So maybe you can cash in on that super out-there book idea after all?

The Olympics kicked off today in Beijing with a whole lotta flair.
More than a 100,000 people gathered to witness China’s “night of joy” (as the country’s official news service put it). Not everyone shared in on the fervor, though—groups gathered across the world again today to protest China’s human rights record and rule of Tibet.
Nothing [...]

Are the polls missing the (sub) text? Torey Van Oot poses the cell phone and polls question.