Tag: DNC Convention

Al Gore gets a raucous reception from the 75,000 strong at INVESCO. More on the flipside. 6:49 p.m.: Gore slams McCain on environment and green economy Where...

Filing a dispatch for newspapers with very early deadlines, the AP reports that Barack Obama delivered a "historic" speech, three hours before Obama is scheduled to speak, relying on excerpts released Thursday afternoon.

It's against official Denver Police Department policy, but a blogger and a DNC visitor noticed DPD vehicles sporting McCain bumperstickers this week and complained. In one case, police appear to have scraped off the stickers; in the other, the department's internal affairs has initiated an investigation because of a motorcycle cop's intimidating reaction.

The Yonder Mountain String Band, always a favorite in Nederland, took the stage about 30 minutes ago to a quarter-full stadium. It's a bit of chaos down there at INVESCO but at least they've got good music to groove to. More insider info inside...

Approximately 400 people marched in support of immigrant rights this morning in a “Somos Americanos” event, where members of Denver's immigrant and Latino communities demanded an end to federal raids.

Crowds have packed the RTD light rail only to discover — much too late — that the trains aren't stopping at the INVESCO Field station where the Democratic National Convention will wrap up tonight with Barack Obama accepting the party's nomination.

On day 3 of the DNC, it’s official: we’ve seen it all on the protest front. An organization calling itself Stop Bird Porn marched on Denver’s 16th Street Mall Wednesday, warning people that “bird watchers are voyeurs who seek vicarious sexual gratification in the woods” by observing “God’s defenseless creatures mating.”

"There's no press here but don't worry - I'm not going to slip into a Bidenism."

Read more of Jeff's commentaries: • Hickenlooper can throw one hell of a party • Protesters police and bigots invade dnc • Thanks for turning my city into a fortress • 'Saturday Night Fever' at the DNC • C-SPAN tricks its ride • I love me some Police State’n, yeah!

Wounded Iraq war veteran and Blackhawk helicopter pilot Tammy Duckworth added her military credentials to the list of Obama supporters who know a thing or two about the military.

“The fact that I am on stage with T. Boone Pickens just goes to show how absolutely dysfunctional our government has been,” Carl Pope, the executive director of the Sierra Club said Wednesday in Denver. What he’s talking about is the idea that the Bush presidency’s fealty to Big Oil is now making for strange bedfellows.