The Kicker

…the Huffington Post missed tonight’s Unity memo. But, apparently, the site got the “Barack Is a Dignified Artist Magnet and Hillary is Just Plain Crazy” memo loud and clear:

I watched Hillary Clinton’s much-anticipated floor speech tonight at The Big Tent. (Not the metaphorical one–though you could argue that that version got just a bit of play tonight, too–but Google’s literal incarnation.) In short–among The Big Tent’s bloggers, anyway–Clinton killed. The tent’s darkened interior, lit only by the red-and-blue of the various TV screens […]

We just heard a rousing call and answer from Montana governor Brian Schweitzer, speaking right before Sen. Hillary Clinton tonight at the DNC. Like a good warm-up comedian, he got the crowd energized. Schweitzer: “Let me ask you something. Can we afford Four… More… Years?” Crowd: “NO!” Schweitzer: “Not bad. Is it time for a […]

Glued to gavel-to-gavel convention coverage on cable news? Then you surely know that Hillary and Chelsea Clinton just did a walk-through at the Pepsi Center. But did you know: “Maliki demands ‘specific deadline’ for U.S. troop pullout” “Pakistan’s governing coalitions splits” “Car bomb kills at least 25 in Diyala provence [of Iraq]” “North Korea Makes […]

Quiz: Which of the following is an excerpt from the David Brooks column in today’s New York Times and which is a bit from the ad for Michael Moore’s new book in “The Arts” section of today’s Times? (H/t, CJR reader): A) “How many Democrats does it take to lose the most winnable election in […]

According to Colorado magazine 5280 (if you remember your elementary school conversions, the title is a nod to the Mile-High city, which boasts an elevation of 5278 feet above sea level), there’s a sizable list of DNC-related events from which the media are excluded. A quick glance at the host committee’s public calendar shows that […]

From Fox News’s Chris Wallace earlier today during a segment headlined, “Can Clinton Convince Her Supporters to Back Obama?” WALLACE: Nancy Pelosi berating the press for focusing on the rift between Clinton and Obama, saying it is all in the past. But will Clinton be able to heal the wounds tonight when she takes the […]

Yesterday, Clint mentioned the lengths to which some cable news networks will go to promote themselves during the convention. (Such lengths, if you’re MSNBC, involve hiring workers to don red-, white-, and blue-bedecked elephant and donkey costumes and ride around on Segways, waving at passers-by, posing for photos with gawkers, handing out fliers, and generally […]

Back in June, the New York Times (among others) chronicled what it deemed to be Michelle Obama’s “image makeover,” a Softening Tour orchestrated by the Obama campaign which took Mrs. Obama on The View in a designer black and white sundress to talk pantyhose and breakfast cereal. It’s late August and Michelle Obama is “now […]

The award for Least Useful On-Screen Bell or Whistle Unveiled During Convention Coverage by a Cable News Channel goes to… …CNN, for its “volume on the floor” graphic (I’m describing it from memory here: vertical audio bars, with green lights rising and falling to indicate the current volume level on the convention floor) which crowded […]

Conservative commentator and CNN contributor Amy Holmes’s thoughts on the DNC’s first night: Sen. Ted Kennedy drew attention away from the Clintons and focused it on the Kennedy-Obama legacy pass-down; Michelle Obama successfully reintroduced herself; oh, and poaching from rival conventions is okay. Talking about McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina holding a press conference in Denver […]

Think that MSNBC has gone fully around the liberal bend, becoming the unimpeachable favorite of the left-leaning blogosphere? ‘Fraid not. Here in “The Big Tent,” the blogger friendly para-convention posting, eating, drinking and socializing space, was featuring a disjointed broadcast experience. On a half dozen or so flatscreen and projection TVs, the crowd was watching […]