Joe Scott 3: The Body Politic

Obama’s Forceful Call to Change

29 August 2008 |permalink | email article

Barack Obama, accepting the Democratic nomination for president in Denver last night before 80,000 in a football stadium, erased any doubt that his campaign would be a repetition of past failed efforts by party nominees to successfully fight George… read full story

Bill Clinton Delivers

28 August 2008 |permalink | email article

Hours after Hillary Clinton moved to make the nomination of Barack Obama by acclamation – making him the first African-American to become a major party nominee for president – Bill Clinton made the pivotal speech of the Democratic convention.

Hillary: Grand Slam

27 August 2008 |permalink | email article

Clinton’s opening salvo, “No way, no how, no McCain,” set the tone for a speech which could do much to unify her legions of voters behind Obama.

She said that the time had come to put aside lingering divisions… read full story