Giuliani’s on fire at the RNC. He’s knocking (mocking) Obama’s record of voting “present” in the Illinois State Legislature, capping the attack with a comment about the decisive nature of executive power. “When you’re President of the United States, you can’t just vote ‘present,’” he observes. “You must make decisions.” It’s a great line, one […]

The Republican National Convention. Everyone who’s anyone in the GOP, from legislators to delegates to lobbyists to cabinet members to excited hangers-on, is here in the Xcel Energy Center. You can generally identify a political celebrity from afar by the media scrum surrounding him or her. John Bolton had a scrum. Kay Bailey Hutchison had […]

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And we mean that literally. Well, kinda. As the This Week host tried to make his way into a downtown St. Paul Walgreen’s yesterday evening, he was thwarted in his path by history itself: none other than The Original Maverick, Teddy Roosevelt. “George!” Roosevelt said, extending his hand. “Big fan.” As the former president eagerly […]

Below, a sample of the white-plastic hats that were all the rage at the RNC after they were handed out to delegates entering the Xcel Center this afternoon. The headwear is banded, appropriately enough, with red, white, and blue…and branded, (in)appropriately enough, with the Fox News logo.

ST. PAUL — Below, the results of a highly unscientific survey I conducted today in the Xcel Center and its perimeter, where news programs aired on several TVs–from flat-screens perched on tables to smaller sets mounted on walls–are part of the (increasingly convivial) atmosphere. Number of TV Sets Airing Each Network, Per Xcel Center Area: […]

Donna Brazile is chatting with Mark Halperin as they walk through an atrium adjacent to the Xcel Center. She asks him for directions to the convention floor. He obliges her. As she rushes off, she shouts back to him, “Oh–I love your t-shirt!” Since Halperin is not, in fact, wearing a t-shirt, I can only […]