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Aug. 25, 2008: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Almost more than the convention of Barack Obama, the 2008 DNC is like a party given for and by Nancy Pelosi.

The House Majority Leader is a ubiquitous dynamo, an Energizer bunny pushing the Democratic platform, explaining and extolling the Obamas, making everything seem right in the world to anyone who might be worried or have Read more »

Demonstrative Einheit oder alte Grabenkämpfe? Der designierte Präsidentschaftskandidat Barack Obama und seine Rivalin Hillary Clinton

Beim Parteitag der Demokraten leben alte Konflikte wieder auf: Immer mehr Clinton-Anhänger wollen Barack Obama ihre Stimme verweigern. Wegen der Wahl seines Vizes gerät Obama nun unter Druck.
Linda Tucker gehört zu den Frauen, die in dieser Woche beim Parteitag der Demokraten viel Aufmerksamkeit erhalten: Die 54-jährige Sozialkundelehrerin ist
eine Anhängerin der unterlegenen Präsidentschaftsbewerberin Hillary Clinton und würde ihre Stimme im Moment eher dem Republikaner John McCain geben als Barack Obama, dem Kandidaten ihrer eigenen Partei.

“Die Wahrheit ist, es verbittert mich, dass Clinton die Nominierung nicht bekommt”, sagt sie. “Einmal mehr ist vor den Frauen ein schwarzer Mann an der Reihe. Der Sexismus ist in diesem Land noch immer gesund und munter.” Tucker versteht sich lieber als Unabhängige als sich weiter zur Demokratischen Partei zu bekennen.

Jüngste Umfragen zeigen, dass derzeit mehr als ein Viertel der Clinton-Anhänger auf die Parteitreue pfeifen und am 4. November McCain wählen wollen. Ende Juni betrug ihr Anteil noch 16 Prozent, kurz vor dem Parteitag schnellte er auf 27 Prozent hoch. Nur 66 Prozent der Clinton-Anhänger unterstützten Obama, Read more »

Michelle Obama stresses her love for her husband and her country in the keynote address.

Sen. Edward Kennedy declared there was “new hope” for the nation in his surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention, while Michelle Obama addressed critics of her patriotism and stressed her love for the country.
“Nothing is going to keep me away from this special gathering tonight,” Kennedy told an arena of teary-eyed delegates as he pledged to see Barack Obama to the White House and his own return to the Senate floor.

Before the convention, the ailing liberal icon had made only one public appearance since undergoing surgery for a brain tumor on June 2.

Before his remarks, his niece, Caroline Kennedy, introduced a video that paid tribute to his life and the causes he has fought for throughout his more than 45-year Read more »

Sen. Edward Kennedy, right, endorsed Sen. Barack Obama in January.

Sen. Barack Obama says this week’s Democratic National Convention would help give voters a better “sense of who I am” — and Obama could get some unexpected help.
Plans are in place for Sen. Edward Kennedy to make a dramatic appearance Monday on opening night — subject to whether he is up to making the trip, a top Obama campaign official said.

The Massachusetts Democrat had surgery June 2 for a brain tumor.

Top Kennedy staffers are in the convention city, and the Obama campaign official who is helping orchestrate the program tells CNN that he has been instructed “to presume [Kennedy] is coming and make preparations on the basis of him coming.”

The official program for Monday night calls for a videotaped message from Kennedy, Read more »

Biden, left,  is regarded as being a highly respected voice on foreign affairs [AFP] Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for the US presidency, has officially announced he has chosen Delaware senator Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate, hailing him as a “distinguished leader”. Obama told a cheering 35,000-strong crowd at a rally in his state of  Illinois on Saturday: “I searched for a leader who is ready to step in and  be president. “A man with a distinguished record, a man with fundamental  decency, and that man is Joe Biden.” Obama’s campaign workers had confirmed the choice in a text messages and emails sent to millions of supporters earlier on Saturday. The 65-year-old Biden is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a highly respected voice in the US on international affairs. He has twice sought the Democratic nomination for the White House and has served more than 30 years in the Senate. After appearing at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, where Obama launched

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