Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:00 AM ET, August 27, 2008

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Obama Speech Stage Resembles Ancient Greek Temple  —  DENVER (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.  —  The stage, similar to structures used for rock concerts …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Hillary Rodham Clinton's Democratic Convention Speech  —  The following is a transcript of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, as provided by CQ Transcriptions.  —  Senator Clinton: Thank you.  Thank you all.  —  Thank you.  Thank you all very, very much.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Delivers Emphatic Plea for Unity  —  DENVER — With her husband looking on admiringly and her supporters watching with tears in their eyes, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton deferred her own dreams on Tuesday night and delivered an emphatic plea at the Democratic National Convention …
Marge Hibbing Mn / CNN:
Source: Bill Clinton will not attend Obama's Invesco speech  —  DENVER (CNN) - Hillary Clinton will be on hand for Barack Obama's acceptance speech, but according to a source close to former President Bill Clinton, he will not: the source tells CNN that Clinton will not join his wife at Invesco Field Thursday night.
Ed Hornick / CNN:
Angry Clinton supporters toast McCain, roast Obama  —  DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — The last place Kathy Archuleta could have ever imagined she'd spend the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, was at a happy hour sponsored by the Republican Party.
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Many Clinton Supporters Say Speech Didn't Heal Divisions  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's most loyal delegates came to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night looking for direction.  They listened, rapt, to a 20-minute speech that many proclaimed the best she had ever delivered, hoping her words …
Discussion: Hot Air, Boston Globe and Commentary
CNN:
Clinton: I'm a proud Obama supporter  —  DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton introduced herself as a “proud supporter of Barack Obama” at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday as she called on her party to rally behind her former rival.  —  “Whether you voted for me …
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Analysis: A perfect night for Clinton, Obama?  —  Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama  —  DENVER - For one evening, their political world was perfect.  Or so it seemed.  —  Standing before hundreds of delegates, almost half of them her backers, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton declared it time …
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Biden is wrench in McCain's VP choice
Mike Murphy / Swampland:
PUMAs Without Claws...
The New Republic:
Hillary Clinton, Reluctantly—And Persuasively—Making The Case For Obama
Discussion: The Corner and The XX Factor
David Maraniss / Washington Post:   Obama, Bill Clinton Remain Distant
Weekly Standard:
The Temple of Obama  —  Reuters reports that “Democratic …
Discussion: Power Line
Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Will Get Nominating, Seconding Speeches Tomorrow
Discussion: TIME.com and Taylor Marsh
Washington Wire:
Republicans Gleefully Woo Clinton Backers
Discussion: WSJ.com
Gromer Jeffers Jr / TRAIL BLAZERS:
BREAKING NEWS: Hillary Clinton will campaign in South Texas for Obama
Discussion: Burnt Orange Report
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton's convention speech  —  Hillary's speech — a success in the hall — was a study in the virtue of low expectations.  —  Some in the media, and some delegates, came in expecting that, as Dave Barry put it, Clinton would “attempt to snatch the nomination and escape with it by helicopter to a secret mountain fortress.”
RELATED:
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
What's Missing From Hillary's Speech  —  I'll amend this if I'm mistaken but on first read of Hillary's speech text I see no clear, flat assertion that Obama is qualified and prepared to be commander in chief from day one, which of course was always her central critique of him.
Fox News:
Ayers Unrepentant for Radical Group's Violence in 1960s, 1970s  —  William Ayers, who was a founder of the 1960s and 1970s radical group the Weather Underground, told FOX News correspondent James Rosen in a candid 2004 interview that he still believed he was “on the side of justice” years after the group's wave of attacks.
RELATED:
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:   Obama's Response Ad Reflects Lessons of 2004
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Obama Campaign Wages Fight Against Conservative Group's Ads
Discussion: PrestoPundit
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain plans 3-state VP rollout  —  DENVER — John McCain is planning to rollout his vice-presidential nominee in three battleground states this weekend, with large-scale rallies planned for Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri, according to aides and advisers.  —  The GOP nominee-in-waiting …
RELATED:
FactCheck.org:
Obama and ‘Infanticide’  —  The facts about Obama's votes against ‘Born Alive’ bills in Illinois.  —  Anti-abortion activists accuse Obama of “supporting infanticide,” and the National Right to Life Committee says he's conducted a “four-year effort to cover up his full role in killing legislation …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and The Corner
RELATED:
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
“Here's A Situation Where Folks Are Lying”
Discussion: Riehl World View
New York Times:
Some Clinton Fund-Raisers Are Still Simmering  —  DENVER — A significant number of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's top fund-raisers remain on the sidelines and unwilling to work for Senator Barack Obama, a nettlesome problem that appears to be contributing to the campaign's failure to keep pace …
CNN:
Warner camp confused by criticism over bi-partisan speech  —  DENVER (CNN) - A source close to Mark Warner who helped the Senate candidate craft his convention keynote speech said criticism by senior Democrats that his planned remarks were not partisan enough were off-base …
RELATED:
Patrick Edaburn / The Moderate Voice:   Mark Warner Keynote: A Nominee That Should Have Been
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:00 AM ET, August 27, 2008.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Washington Post:
Sen. McCain's Remarks at the 90th Annual American Legion National Convention
Discussion: slacktivist
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
High Anxiety in the Mile High City
Discussion: Achenblog and Booman Tribune
Washington Post:
Obama, Biden's Son Linked by Earmarks
Discussion: TIME.com
Associated Press:
Hillary Clinton Democratic Convention Speech: Video, Text
Marie Cocco / Washington Post:
Clinton's Thankless Job
Faiz / Think Progress:
CNN Thinks Only The Top Five Percent Of America's Income Earners Count
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
U.S. Killed 90, Including 60 Children, in Afghan Village, U.N. Finds
Don Hunter / Anchorage Daily News:
Young-Parnell race still neck and neck
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Finkelstein / media.newsbusters.org:
Tensions Boil Over at MSNBC as Shuster, Scarborough Feud
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Hot Air
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
SEBELIUS.  —  I knew Kathleen Sebelius was a bit of an …
Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
GIULIANI RIPS OBAMA'S ISRAEL POLICY
Paul Von Zielbauer / New York Times:
U.S. Soldiers Executed Iraqis, Statements Say
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Union leader: Racism keeps Obama from building lead
Discussion: Right Wing News
Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Pelosi to protesters: “Can we drill your brains?”
Scott Mayerowitz / ABCNEWS:
FDIC Warns of More Bank Troubles
Marisa Katz / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama's Sad Transformation
Discussion: Sadly, No! and JustOneMinute