[Ed Rendell said at an event] Ladies and gentleman, the coverage of Barack Obama was embarrassing," said Rendell, in the ballroom at Denver's Brown Palace Hotel. "It was embarrassing."

[. . .]

"MSNBC was the official network of the Obama campaign," Rendell said, who called their coverage "absolutely embarrassing."

Chris Matthews, Rendell said, "loses his impartiality when he talks about the Clintons."

[. . .]

Woodruff allowed Brokaw to respond, and in defending the network, he said that Matthews and Keith Olbermann are "not the only voices" on MSNBC.

I'm not sure how I feel about this, and how this is going to impact (if any) on the roll-call.

I'm guessing the new McCain ad, featuring Hillary, must have pushed her to decided to do that.

Being a media and policy professional (and self-professed wonk), reading my friends' Twitter messages about what they're doing in Denver right now and who they're meeting/seeing, makes me really wish I had signed up to go. But since I don't have a horse in this race, I declined and gave that chance to someone who'd really benefit from it.

Oh well!

I think that Obama has conceded the experience argument to McCain and said that qualifications do matter. He's also lost the "anti washington" argument with Biden. He's also lost the "hopey changey" argument. Now going ahead and tossing some of these arguments, hopey changey and experience, is probably a good thing.

In the end, I think that the Biden was picked because of Obama's serious demographic problems. That being said, Biden will not be able to solve these problems. There is no pick that would solve his problems.

There was a lot of buzz today about Obama's "next President" remark in reference to Biden, and Biden mistakenly saying"Barack Amer[ica]". I hadn't watched the speeches in full, so it was useful to see the YouTube clip.

"Hi.  Can I speak to Camellia?          "This is she."         Hi, Camellia.  This is BC from Obama HQ.  Do you have a minute?"

"Oh, yes, I certainly do.  In fact, I have a couple of minutes to tell you that as a bitter old woman, I will never vote for Senator Obama until he begins to rein in his supporters and tell them to behave like reasonable adults, and until he begins to reach out to Hillary voters and attempt to include them in his campaign.   I do not intend to vote for Senator McCain, but neither do I intend to vote for Obama.  If he continues to ignore us, I plan to either write-in Senator Clinton's name or leave the presidential slot blank.    And now, my couple of minutes are up, so  thank you for your time."      Click.

people underestimate how this logic seeps into a lot of discussion that's even considered advocacy against sexism.

is it a question of people not even knowing when they're being sexist, i don't know, but I do know Clinton was attacked because she was a woman, a  first lady who included herself and was included on policy decisions in the white house.

so to make these kinds of decisions about electability and who one supports based on this media treatment gets, of course, tricky.

I think Obama was basically saying, whether he likes it or not:  "all you have to do is attack someone enough, they'll be polarized, and then they'll never be president cause then they can't unite the country."  and so i still spend a lot of time thinking Obama should be attacked the same way so then he'll be polarized and won't be able to unite the country.

most women i know relate to what I'm saying and how it impacts some decisions in the workplace.

this kind of statement:  "yes.  you were right and we still support you in that situation you had with the abusive and sexist co-worker we fired, but now that's all anyone in the company can remember about you, and we need someone in management who will inspire people to look forward, not backward."

Lou brought up the fact that TIME Magazine's got Obama's gigantic mug on its cover for the SEVENTH time this year -- while McCain's had two so far.

He also called out the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and to an extent, the Washington Times for its conservative slant.

I wonder just how thrilled Obama's fans were, when at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning they got their text messages informing them that Obama had chosen Joe Biden - the 36-year Senate insider and fixer, militant Drug Warrior, foreign policy chicken-Hawk and gaffe-prone political attack dog -- as his running mate?

welcome Hillary supporters back

You're assuming Hillary supporters have a place to come back to.  Per Donna, there is a new Democratic Party being formed and the old school, Democrat-for-30-years types aren't welcome.  We've been replaced by a newer generation of voters.  They truly don't think they need us.

"But in the end, the focus of this convention will be on Barack Obama, who on Thursday night will receive the nomination in long-overdue recognition of a distinguished career of seeking the nomination "

Listen, you have to sell your guy.

Stop with the harangues and the threats, and sell your guy.

If you want to win this, let go of the primaries, and sell your guy.

Are you going to be able to get into any of the meetings? I'm watching C-Span and they've had really interesting panel meetings going on almost all day...each one has an audience and they get to ask the panel questions about the process. Those are the places I'd be trying to get into.

That's an A-1 felony. What would a person be looking at as far as time served goes? Assume other minor arrests but no other felonies.