Dividing a presidential convention between two cities — Minneapolis and Saint Paul — that are a half hour cab ride apart is a very good way to deflate enthusiasm and raw political energy, but tonight. . .finally. . .
Politico‘s Ben Smith has posted a hot mic clip of Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy trashing the McCain selection of Sarah Palin. I’ve been having chats with quite a few hard core Republicans about this and that, including the Sarah Palin choice.
Free video streaming by Ustream Last night, I had the privilege of hanging out with Rosario Dawson and some great folks from Voto Latino — but more on them later. This morning at the St. Paul Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota I will be speaking at and chairing a session on U.S.
Tomorrow morning at the St. Paul Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota right in the middle of things at the Republican National Convention, the New America Foundation will be hosting a discussion of U.S. foreign policy with a significant focus on the Middle East.
(photo credit: James Dyett) Actually, this picture is of me in a sky box at Invesco Stadium listening to Democratic Vice President candidate Joe Biden on August 28th in Denver. But I’ve arrived in St. Paul and am on my way to see about my credentials now. More soon.
I just landed in Minneapolis/St. Paul sitting next to well-known pundit, frequent campaign manager, and former Romney campaign spokesperson Bay Buchanan.
Like many, I have been sifting through the growing pile of circumstantial evidence that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s fifth child, Trig, might be her daughter’s child rather than her own.
Rumors are swirling that Tim Pawlenty is furious – that he was on the edge of McCain announcing he was the GOP VP running mate – but that at the last moment, that course was rejected in favor of a person McCain met once, six months ago, and did not interview again.
I’ve been participating in an interesting daily blogger poll organized by Tom Madigan at National Journal. Today, he reports that right of center bloggers think Sarah Palin is a big plus for the McCain ticket.
Nader Mousavizadeh, former special assistant to and speechwriter for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Goldman Sachs executive, just sent over his oped, “How to Navigate the New Global Archipelago,” which appeared in the Times of London on Friday, John McCain’s birthday.
