Politics Jul 28 Column: After soaring convention speeches, can Clinton connect with ordinary people? When President Obama was joined on stage by the woman who wants to succeed him, you could feel the love welling up from the delegates and you could sense the doubt hanging over them — an invisible cloud casting a…
Politics Jul 26 Different breeds of convention Democrats ask: Whose party is this, anyway? Democrats have become accustomed to having the best speech at their quadrennial convention given by someone named Obama. This year, that person might also be named Michelle.
Politics Jul 25 Democrats and the fine art of getting out of your own way Over the weekend, as their convention delegates converged on Philadelphia, the Democrats found themselves in a crossfire about their national committee and its chairperson — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a member of Congress from Florida.