After the Republican National Convention, the pundit consensus was that Mitt Romney "did what he had to do." After the Democratic National Convention and three tracking polls showing a significant bounce for President Obama, the pundit consensus has shifted, to "Actually…" and "On second thought…"
The Democratic Convention is over and everyone is either fired up, ready to go, or still hungover. But after throwing such an awesome party, it's time to pay the tab. For the Democrats, they're stuck with a $15 million bill still outstanding.
Gallup and Reuters/Ipsos are showing that Obama got a convention bump in both the presidential race and his job approval. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
Vice President Joe Biden may be the only public speaker who veers off course more than Bill Clinton, but a comparison of his written and spoken text from last night's convention address reveals a very different lesson in the art of speech making.
Convention season came to a close last night with President Obama's second acceptance speech as the Democratic nominee. So how did he do?
President Barack Obama will give a speech formally accepting the nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention Thursday, and The Atlantic Wire will live-GIF it.
No bounce yet for Obama, but he's still leading in New Jersey. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
Tonight we see the confluence of three major, celebrity-filled, potentially world-changing events: the final night of the Democratic National Convention, the MTV Video Music Awards, and Fashion's Night Out.
If you were following any journalists on Twitter last night, one of the most remarked upon aspects of Bill Clinton's nomination speech was how liberally he deviated from the prepared text. We decided to compare the two versions.
After a messy fight over their platform, the Democratic party turned to the one man who can still be counted on for a barn-burning speech. So how did former President Bill Clinton do?
Obama's favorability is down while Romney's is moving up, but the two are tied among likely voters in a national poll. Here's our guide to todays' polls and why they matter.
After the dueling convention speeches Ann Romney and Michelle Obama, we can never really know which woman loves her husband more, or who more deeply prizes motherhood and PTA meetings and changing diapers and all that woman stuff. But we can rank them by other woman stuff: whose dress was more fierce?
Oh, sure, Michelle Obama gave a great speech, but what about the people in the Democratic National Convention hall? Those are the people conservatives are interested in -- the "hall of zealots" as former George W. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer said on CNN.
Nothing can stop President Obama's from winning his party's nomination this week, but it seems that weather is forcing him to move his acceptance speech from an outdoor football stadium to the smaller indoor arena.
Just like the Republican affair last week, the first night of the Democratic National Convention belonged to the candidate's wife as Michelle Obama took her first crack at wooing voters. How did she do?
Tonight's Tuesday is packed with familiar faces. The first night of the Democratic Convention is being headlined by Michelle Obama, reigning FLOTUS, who's going to attempt to do the same thing Ann tried to do: humanize her husband.
As far as protester arrests go, the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte already has last week's Republican National Convention in Tampa beat.
The Democratic National Committee is working on what appears to be the first ever party platform to address an issued raised by a viral YouTube that includes home video of a dad explaining war crimes to a baby. That's right, the Democrats are pledging to Stop Kony.
With the DNC getting underway in Charlotte, support for Obama is lagging in North Carolina, though polls in Michigan and Colorado are more favorable. Meanwhile, Florida did not give Romney more support after the RNC. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
All these political reporters have been complaining about the boring staged political conventions for weeks, but when presented with the opportunity to talk to a real live victim of the "Obama economy" -- a hooker -- they run away screaming.
When will your favorite liberals and progressive be giving their remarks? The short answer is: no one really knows.
Well, Bill knows. Clinton is scheduled to be one of Wednesday's top speakers at the Democratic National Convention, but no one has any idea what he's going to say. He hasn't submitted his speech for the usual vetting process yet, and some people are getting a touch nervous.
Congress gave Tampa and Charlotte police $50 million each to keep America's egg-throwing anarchists at bay during the Republican and Democratic conventions. Turns out, both cities got quite a lot of bang for their buck.
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Pity the organizers of the Democratic and Republican conventions this year. The host governors -- Bev Perdue in North Carolina and Rick Scott in Florida -- happen to be two of the least popular state executives in the country.
The Democratic Party appears likely to put support for same-sex marriage on its platform this year, a move that months ago would have been interesting for putting the party at odds with President Obama, but following his personal support for marriage equality, now serves as a big sign of how far the issue has advanced
As the national political conventions in Tampa and Charlotte approach, we're starting to see signs of an election year tradition: News stories about sex and the delegates—a fairly simple and always sensational tale, but one that should maybe stop surprising us.
Look no further than the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to measure the price that Democrats are paying for the decision to hold their national convention in union-hostile territory.
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill won't go to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this September, joining several other red state Democrats, Talking Points Memo's Pema Levy reports Tuesday.
Democratic party members, rejoice! Lawmakers in North Carolina have come together to make sure your fridges and coolers will stay well-stocked when you visit for the Democratic National Convention on Labor Day weekend.
Antonio Villaraigosa has been an ardent supporter of marriage equality for years, and now that he's the chairman of the Democratic National Convention, he says he wants marriage equality to be part of the Democrats' platform.
In nine months, the Democratic National Convention will get underway in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in this time of active street-level politics associated with Occupy Wall Street, the city's already working on a plan to control unrest by essentially outlawing occupying.
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