Tag: Democratic National Convention

More than a hundred protesters from several different organizations took a polluter tour of downtown Denver yesterday, walking past Xcel Energy headquarters and other companies to decry "Denver's Dirtiest," the "polluters of global proportions bankrolling the DNC" as an event flier read.

The gloves came off. A line was drawn in the sand. While the first night of the Democratic National Convention was about family, and the second night emphasized party unity, then the third night is best described as a political beat down. The list of Democratic heavyweights included President Bill Clinton, John Kerry and Barack Obama's new running mate Sen. Joe Biden. All three attacked the Republican Party, John McCain and America's current direction.

Politico's Ben Smith reports Stevie Wonder, not Bruce Springsteen, will play Invesco Field after Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night.

Texas Congressman Chet Edwards Wednesday introduced an emotional video about America’s veteran, touting Sen. Barack Obama as a friend to veterans, criticizing Sen. John McCain, a Vietnam veteran for his record on veteran's issues.

John Kerry came out swinging hard on behalf of Sen. Barack Obama Wednesday night, countering many of the Republican attacks that he failed to aggressively defend himself against four years ago.

A cigar-chomping sheriff arrested an ABC News reporter who was taking pictures of Democratic senators and big donors from a sidewalk outside the Brown Palace Hotel on Wednesday, Brian Ross reports on the network's blog.

Hillary Clinton moved to suspend the roll call vote on the convention floor today, a symbolic gesture toward party unity. She released her delegates to Barack Obama earlier in the day. Some delegates continued to vote for her, however, until she interrupted the vote at 4:50 p.m. Eastern Time so that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi could call for Obama's nomination.

Senator Hillary Clinton called for party unity last night at the Democratic National Convention, and it looks like her high profile feminist supporters are ready to give it to her. Rather than feed into what Feministing.com deemed "the oppression Olympics" during the primary, feminist leaders recognize that both women and minorities have had it tough in America, and because of that both Clinton's and Obama's runs for the White House are equally historic.

The three men arrested Sunday suspected of a plot to kill Barack Obama will face weapons and drug charges but won't face assassination-related charges, Colorado's U.S. attorney said at a news conference Tuesday.

The Alliance for Justice held a panel discussion today in the Big Tent, and for once this progressive organization had something in common with conservatives: plenty of doom, gloom and fear about the future.