Ralph Nader Breaks Guinness World Record For Most Useless Presidential Candidacy

Ralph Nader just might be the only person that thinks he’s still nationally relevant.

P+P@The DNC: What Obama’s Speech Really Means

Chris Nelson weighs in on Obama’s candidacy, the punditry poison, and the speech from Invesco Field.

P+P@The DNC: Obama’s Acceptance Speech Slideshow

Photographs by Chris Nelson
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P+P @ the DNC: We Do Our Version of Cribs

The P+P crew gives a Cribs-style walk-through of their sick DNC digs.

P+P @ The DNC: Man Down

On the eve of the democratic roll call event, I could feel the electricity and tension in the air as I walked down the streets of downtown Denver. Although Sen. Obama was expected to receive the majority vote and formal nomination for the Democratic presidential ticket, there existed the possibility that Hillary Clinton could somehow [...]

P+P @ The DNC: Conventional Wisdom

Ten thoughts/observations from my experiences thus far:

You can identify the Secret Service by the flak vests they wear that say “Secret Service”…hmmmmm
Denver is a small town.  Almost four days in and only half a tank down.  In a Durango.
Speaking of driving, I am confident I would make an excellent Editor/Chauffeur should the job-posting ever surface [...]

P+P @ The DNC: Denverites Dish on Playing Host

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

P+P @ The DNC: The Media Party

Editor Chris Nelson on the pre-DNC festivities.

P+P @ The DNC: New Obama Poster Hitting Presses Today

Malcolm Farley unveils the new campaign poster.

Coffee Klatch: Daily News Round Up

The Great Debate: This weekend’s debate between Prez candidates Barack Obama and John McCain at Orange County’s Saddleback Church has been making the news—mostly because by all accounts, McCain kicked Obama’s ass. Of course, McCain, even as a “fake” Republican, had the advantage in a debate where the setting is a church, which tends to [...]

Afternoon Tea: News Roundup

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 [...]

Manufacturing con-(vention)-sent

Under the Federal Election Committee’s guidelines re-written in 1993, unions and corporations are forbidden from funneling unlimited contributions to political parties.
So last week when Congress provided immunity for telecom giants, such as AT&T, who are collaborators in the biggest spy bill passed in history, perhaps they weren’t looking for anything in return.
Except the fact that [...]

Denver 2008

In Denver this morning, something took place that seemed a lot like a time-warp flash-forward to the Democratic National Convention, which isn’t supposed to be coming here until the end of August. This morning the Obama campaign held a rally at the University of Denver that caused traffic jams that made the highways look like [...]