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DNC day one: Ted Kennedy in the house

By Paul Demko | 08.25.08 | 8:57 pm

“The work begins anew,” Sen. Ted Kennedy just told the delirious audience at Pepsi Center. “The hope rises again. And the dream lives on.” Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was leading the “Teddy, Teddy” chants in the Minnesota section. Photo…

DNC day one: Amy Klobuchar’s speech

By Paul Demko | 08.25.08 | 8:20 pm

Your trusted correspondent completely missed it. She spoke at 5:24, an hour earlier than I thought. Oops.

DNC day one: breakfast with the Minnesota delegation

By Paul Demko | 08.25.08 | 11:34 am

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and a host of other Democrats addressed the party’s delegation this morning at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel. The brief speeches were mostly rah-rah calls for unity and passion heading into the stretch run of…

MnIndy will be in Denver for the DNC

By Paul Demko | 08.22.08 | 1:11 pm

I will be heading to Denver on Sunday afternoon for the Democratic National Convention. Throughout the week I’ll be providing coverage of the main event, along with the scores of protests, forums and cultural events slated to take place…

Riot Toyz R Us: Let’s go to jail!

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.30.08 | 12:00 pm

In the final part of Cara DeGette’s series on high-tech law enforcement tools that might come out of the supply closet at the Democratic convention in Denver, we turn to restraint devices — the hoods

Minnesota Monitor heads to Denver

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.30.08 | 8:30 am

Minnesota Monitor, already named as a state-based blog for the Democratic National Convention, will also be part of the event’s general blogger pool. Organizers announced Thursday that an unprecedented number of blogs have…