Hillary Clinton

In this edition of the Schultz Report audiocast–and we’ll have another tomorrow, after Barack Obama’s Democratic convention-closing speech in Denver tonight–we examine developments at this week’s DNC. Hamline University political science prof and Minnesota politics analyst David Schultz gives the Democrats mixed grades for their handling of the party’s quadrennial infomercial. “The convention in some [...]

The elusive, but powerful PUMA has become a mythic figure at the Democratic National Convention. By reading the media coverage, you’d think these beasts are prowling every street corner in downtown Denver, threatening to overpower Barack Obama with a cloud of estrogen. But strange thing, these beasts are frustratingly difficult to locate. After three days on the prowl, I finally spotted a half dozen PUMA’s stalking down [...]

Last night Hillary Clinton forcefully endorsed Barack Obama for president and implored her backers to follow suit. This morning the Minnesota delegation’s Clinton supporters declared that they are united in heeding her advice.
“We’ve all spent a lot of time and enthusiasm seeking her nomination to be President of the United States,” said former vice [...]

t was the old Reagan/Bush I hand Peggy Noonan who described the stakes in Hillary Clinton’s speech to the DNC most succinctly. It was clear, more or less, what Clinton would say, Noonan told NBC. What mattered was the inflection of the performance–whether Clinton sold her support of Obama/Biden from the floor to the rafters [...]

On day two of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Democrats finally went after Republican John McCain with some ferocity. Here are some memorable moments and shout-outs to the locals, along with links to transcripts of Tuesdays speeches.

The subtext of the convention so far has been whether Hillary Clinton’s supporters will ultimately back Barack Obama in overwhelming numbers. Whether that conflict is truly significant — or trumped up by the media — is an open question. But the fact that 27 percent of Clinton supporters surveyed by USA Today recently indicated that [...]

The convention floor is much more of a sweaty scrum tonight. Every time you stop to gape at Wolf Blitzer or shoot a photograph of some stray senator, there’s seemingly three people demanding that you keep moving. It makes the prospect of actually paying attention to the speech at hand a little difficult. So I [...]

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean delivered a 20-minute, meat-and-potatoes speech to the state DFL convention in Rochester this afternoon, vowing to win back the White House and increase the party’s margins in Congress.

“Our goal is to end the Bush administration and not allow a third term for George W. Bush,” Dean said to thunderous [...]

At the end of Barack Obama’s speech last night, roughly 20 audience members were whisked away to the bowels of the Xcel Energy Center to meet with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The group, assembled by St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman during the previous 24 hours, were supporters of Hillary Clinton. They included former Secretary [...]

As presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, Barack Obama will need to heal the rift between his supporters and the faction that voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton. But one person he won’t need to immediately reach out to is Minnesota DFL Feminist Caucus Chair Mari Urness Pokornowski. “Surprised” by a Star Tribune article that ran [...]