Excuse our tardiness this morning.
The Dean of American journalism, David Broder of The Washington Post, reports that Democratic delegates loved last night's fresh faces:
"On the second night of its national convention, the Democratic Party introduced two newcomers to the nation to set the themes John Kerry hopes will help him win the White House in 2004.
Teresa Heinz Kerry made an emotionally strong case for her husband as a 'fighter' who knows the human costs of war and will not 'mistake stubbornness for strength.'
And in his debut on the national stage, Barack Obama, who is apparently on his way to victory in the Illinois Senate race, electrified the convention hall with a stirring speech touting American unity.
'I say to [Americans] tonight, there's not a liberal America and a conservative America," he said. "There's the United States of America.'"
Who told you Obama would be a big hit with the Dems? Poliblog did!
David Postman reports that Democrats and their fundraisers are being more aggressive this year in their opposition to Ralph Nader, who Dems blame for their 2000 loss:
Trying to learn from what they say were mistakes in running a low-budget, casual campaign against Nader four years ago, organizers are pitching Democratic donors, lobbying state party leaders on the convention floor and promising a professional operation guided by research from one of the Democratic establishment's leading pollsters.
Postman's On Politics column is on former Spokane congressman, Speaker of the House and Ambassador to Japan Tom Foley, who's lost 100 pounds and turned himself into a weightlifter. Here's what's not surprising: He's a lobbyist. Foley is helping Don Barbieri, who's running for the open seat in Foley's old district in Spokane, raise money.
Postman also reports on the chalk graffiti around the FleetCenter. Read one: "Beer and food are a right just like free speech."
True enough.
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