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Cooling My Heels, Waiting for Obama
I just finished a walking tour of Denver–what a fabulous city it’s turned into. I lived in Englewood, a suburb of Denver when I was a kid, but back then, downtown used to be kind of run d...
What The Big Tent Looks Like
Here’s some video I took yesterday of the Big Tent. Besides being full of hot and sweaty bloggers, well, it’s just full of hot and sweaty bloggers really. ShareThis...
Interview with Jill Derby in Big Tent
Look who I ran into at the Big Tent in Denver while covering the Democratic National Convention. Sorry for all the “ah hm’s” you hear throughout, it’s my first video interview...
National Journal Bloggers Poll: The Obama Bounce
I am so tired I can barely type, so here are the latest results of the National Journal Bloggers Poll–this time on the Obama bounce. Finally, almost everyone agrees. Both Left of Center and ...
McCain Has Chosen VP
From Politico—McCain has chosen his running mate who will be notified on Thursday that they have been chosen. It is expected that the announcement will coming during a planned rally in St. Loui...
National Journal Bloggers’ Reactions to Michelle Obama
Updated Below I think most of us can agree that Michelle Obama gave a fabulous speech tonight. She managed to hail Hillary Clinton and talk about all women in a way that was celebratory. However, wh...
New Poll: Who Will McCain Choose As His Running Mate
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. ShareThis...
Convention Coverage Limitations: If Only I Could Be A Full-time Blogger
Unfortunately, I am facing a few challenges for my Big Tent coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver that I wanted to tell everyone about. First, I cannot fly out to Denver until Tuesd...
National Journal Blog Polling Begins
The National Journal recently asked me to participate in a blog polling project during the convention. I’m not sure why they asked me to participate, perhaps they’re big fans of Freud? ...
Western Majority Project Domain Has Been Saved!
So guess what, the Western Majority Project is just fine. The email’s they’ve been sending out just linked to the wrong URL. Whoops. The WMP has now fixed the problem so check it out. T...
10 Alternative Ways To Follow Democratic Convention News
A lot of people have been asking me about the best ways to keep track of the news coming out of the Democratic Convention in Denver. We all know you can watch cable news and read the major newspaper...
Big Tent on PBS Media Shift
I was recently interviewed by Simon Owens for a story on the Big Tent for PBS’ Media Shift blog, a blog that should be on any blogger’s feed reader. You can read “Will the Big Tent ...
The Western Majority Project Resurfaces
You remember the Western Majority Project don’t you? The Western Majority Project was the vague sponsor of the infamously canceled Fox News hosted Democratic presidential primary debate last ye...
Stalking Richard Wolffe: Obama Invite-Only Event In Reno
Luckily, I was able to secure a press pass to attend the Obama campaign’s invitation-only event at Wooster High this morning. Thanks to the heavy presence of secret service and local police (co...
McCain Thinks He’s Already President
Is he crazy, or just crazy like a fox? McCain’s talking to the Georgian president several times a day and he’s sending his own diplomatic core (Senators Graham and Lieberman). McCain is ...
I Prefer Men Who Do Something with Their Mouths Other than Talk
Hey Rush Limbaugh, I never thought we’d have something in common, but we do. I prefer men who do something with their mouth other than talk out of their ass and pollute the public airwaves with...
I.O.U.S.A. Premiere in Reno
On Thursday, August 21, the Sierra Summit movie theater will be one of 400 theaters nationwide becoming community town halls as Warren Buffett, Blackstone Group co-founder Pete Peterson, former US Com...
Sam Shad Challenges Obama Campaign over Ad Footage
I wrote a really long post about this and then accidentally closed my browser window before saving it, so I really don’t have the stomach to retype the whole thing. All of this is thanks to com...
McCain Campaign Calls Obama Un-Patrotic
The first time McCain implied that Obama was a traitor to his country, his campaign’s official response was to reign that statement back in real quick like. But tonight, the McCain has official...
John Edwards Scandal IS About Cheating and Maybe Something More
I hope not, but the Edwards scandal could really be about something more than cheating–money. At least Edwards didn’t make his wife Elizabeth stand beside him while he apologized to Ameri...
Watch Out Rick, Obama Has Been Rolled
Is there anything more frightening than the Ric Roll Obamamized? I can tell you one thing–both campaigns are concerned. I expect statements any moment now. Hair flip to @Mmarianiles. SHARETHI...
McCain In Favor of Building Yucca Mountain In Nevada
The Obama campaign’s latest ad. You know that nuclear energy plan McCain is always touting? Guess where McCain wants to store all that future waste. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "McCain In Fav...
Does an Obama Win Spell The End of Negative Campaigning?
As McCain and his campaign grow more mean spirited and, well, desperate, I find myself thinking about what will happen when Obama wins the election in terms of future election strategy. For the first...
A Long History of Gender Bias
I just have to draw your attention to a fabulous editorial by Jerome Waldie, Long History of Gender Bias. The editorial was published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune and Waldie is a former U.S. congressma...
Get Brad Blakeman Off My TV
Jesus H. Christ this guy is a big fat tool. Dan Abrams producers–please stop asking former Freedom’s Watch tool Brad Blakeman to be on your show. He has absolutely NOTHING to say that is...
The Presidential Election: Reno from the Outside
NVMojo pointed me to this article in the Rocky Mountain News about Nevada’s swing state status–it focuses on Reno. It’s always interesting to see what an outsider thinks of us. Even...
Ralston Plays Gotcha with Obama
The Gleaner told us about this Ralston interview of Obama. My raction? Settle down Ralston honey, Obama’s not going anywhere. Journalists need to stop playing gotcha with Obama in order to tr...
Political Activism on Twitter: The Story of #dontgo
Today the “but how” as in “but how do we use social media as an online activism tool” question was answered for me on and with Twitter. Eric Odom, a Chicago conservative activ...
Bjorn the Houseboy Denver or Bust Doll
Aren’t you glad I didn’t have to send Bjorn the Houseboy out in the street? God knows what would’ve happened to him out there. Also, notice what is under Bjorn’s foot. SHARE...
Once Again, Does McCain Know Who’s Getting His Jokes?
Erin Kotecki Vest, otherwise known as Queen of Spain, writes a post about watching Obama’s energy plan from ground zero–Detroit, Michigan–a city that NEEDS jobs. Surrounded by her m...