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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for August 2008
Blog Entries for Monday, August 25
Sen. Edward Kennedy
I have seen the senior Senator from Massachusetts speak at five Democratic Conventions, the first time in 1988 in Atlanta. He almost always brings down the house as he calls on the nation to back his party at the polls. Last night Sen. Ted Kennedy brought down the house again here in ...
Hillary and Barack Forever
Hand it to the Democrats. They have found a way to keep the Hillary vs Barack story alive for week after week, and they were still working hard on Monday to iron things out and bring this race to a close, without causing a broader Clinton/Obama rift. And of course, since ...
Barack Obama's Week
A tour of the city of Denver made it very clear that this is going to be Barack Obama's week at the Democratic Convention. Whether it turns out to be as lucky as William Jennings Bryan when he was nominated here in 1908, we'll get that answer in November. My ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, August 24
The Many Faces of a Convention
Back in 2000, I went to the GOP Convention in Philadelphia. My wife was also there, as was her sister. We came back to Washington, D.C. with three completely different experiences. All I did was work. All my sister-in-law did was party. And my wife did both. If you haven't ...
Blog Entries for Saturday, August 23
The Usual Headaches
This Democratic Convention is the 10th major party political convention that I have covered as a reporter. One thing never changes, that being my personal desire to have it end immediately. My workspace this year is in a giant media tent, with so-called "rod and curtain" separators for a variety of different ...
Want To Talk To Bobby?
On my way out to Denver, I stopped and changed planes in Minneapolis, which is where I will end up later this week for the GOP Convention, and got a little work done. While everyone else was playing solitaire on their laptops or mindlessly listening to Wolf Blitzer on CNN about ...
Obama-Biden For The Democrats
After all the suspense, all the secrecy, all the hoopla about the Obama text message to supporters on his running mate, the message got sent out in the middle of the night that Barack Obama had picked fellow Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate. "Barack has chosen ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, August 21
Off To The Conventions
This date has pretty much been circled on the calendar for the entire year, as I get ready to basically put life on hold and go into the 2008 Political Party Convention Mind Meld Mode. First, it's off to Denver for the Democrats. This will be my sixth Democratic Convention, ...
And The Envelope, Please
Maybe by the time you read this, Barack Obama will have chosen his running mate. Then again, maybe he wants to wait a few more hours and see how much of a frenzy he can work political news junkies into on a Friday. It was a back and forth kind ...
How Many Houses Do You Own?
Thursday in the Presidential race morphed into a battle of the houses, as a John McCain gaffe gave Barack Obama an opening to attack. Team McCain though reached into its bag for some housing related jabs of their own. What started it all was an answer that McCain gave a ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, August 20
"No Hints"
Someone has to know what Barack Obama is going to do. He certainly wasn't offering anything to reporters on Wednesday about his Vice Presidential choice. "No hints," Mr. Obama said to a reporter prying for information during a stop in Virgina. "No hints." That was part of New York Times story ...
Just Waiting For A Text
Supposedly it could happen today. Or tonight. Or on Friday. But no later than Saturday. We will see if Team Obama can zap out a text message to thousands of interested parties without having the name of the Vice Presidential nominee first scooped by the press. Obama is in Virginia ...
A Death In The Family
I'm always somewhat torn about what to do as a reporter when there is a death in the U.S. House or Senate. On one hand, it's a fairly small group of 435 Representatives and 100 Senators, so it's important. On the other hand, if it is someone who really isn't ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, August 19
Saturday In Springfield, Illinois
It looks like the first real event with Barack Obama and his still-unnamed will be at the State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, which is where Obama announced his bid for the White House in early 2007. That leaked out through the day on Tuesday, setting out much of the timing ...
A Change Of Venue?
Lawyers for Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska will be back in a Washington, D.C. federal courtroom today, trying to move his trial on corruption charges to his home state. The hearing before a federal judge just down the Hill from the U.S. Capitol comes a few days after the feds ...
What You Don't Want
History shows us that the selection of a Vice Presidential running mate has been like finding friends or a mate - sometimes it works - sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it is the candidate's fault, or the campaign team. Other times it is the potential VP. "Custer, S.D. - Sen. Thomas ...
Blog Entries for Monday, August 18
More Veepstakes Rumors
Not only is it important who Barack Obama and John McCain choose as their running mate, but the timing of those announcements will be very important in order for it to grab the attention of voters and keep it until the announcement is made. That was evident last night as ...
Obama, McCain Look For Momentum
Maybe it's just the leftover feeling from Barack Obama's week off the campaign trail. Maybe John McCain does seem to have some momentum right now. Or maybe he's just being more aggressive than Obama in this campaign. There were certainly several points during the extended Democratic Primary when it really felt ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, August 17
The Next President and Russia
Since the Russian Army moved into parts of the Republic of Georgia, two areas that were formerly under control of the Soviets have agreed to house part of a missile defense system. And both of those countries have been threatened by the Russian High Command. Poland was the first to ...
Blog Entries for Saturday, August 16
The Energy Battle Takes Shape
As GOP lawmakers return today for a third straight week of speeches to tourists after the summer adjournment of the Congress, Democrats are making it clear there will be votes on an energy plan after the political conventions. It just may not be exactly what the Republicans want to vote ...
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