Whatever you think

Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones had a beautiful smile. And a lot of times, that made me smile with her.

btw

I just loved seeing Barack Obama's Black Wife, half-Indonesia sister, Chinese brother-in-law and white relatives. How awesome was that?

The Saints...

I'm really happy that I didn't watch the Saints tonight. *sigh* They always start with a winning record, at least.

Never.

Never have I heard a Presidential candidate have such respect for gay rights. Yes we can!

Whoa

Looks like not only is Cindy McCain's half sister a Democrat, the sister also hates Cindy... That's some bad blood.

Hmm

Am I the only one who thinks that any ad that features John McCain speaking directly to the camera is by definition not exciting?

I agree

John Cole states:

And the best thing is what is to come- the train wreck that will be the GOP convention, and that can not be understated. It is going to be a disaster. The Democratic convention was forward looking, positive, hopeful, and constructive. For all the talks of disunity, this party is unified and ready for battle. Contrast that with what we can expect to see next week.

First, we know for a fact that the GOP, unlike the Democrats, will not be able to control themselves. They will launch attack after attack at Obama, and try to destroy him. It will fail, and they will get savaged in the media, who were all present at the DNC. The best thing about the babble all through the Democratic convention is that they will feel duty bound to do the same during the RNC, and they will be shocked and taken aback by the viciousness of the GOP. Bank on it. Either the gild will come off the McCain maverick/respectful lily, or we will have to realize that McCain wants to be President but can not even control his own convention. I will take either narrative for 1000, Alex.

I'm glad someone else agrees with me. All this hand wringing about the Democratic Convention will look absolutely silly when we see the shit show that is the Republican Party. Think they'll be loving on the Vice Presidential nominee? Think they'll have interesting speakers? Think they'll look like anything else but thugs? I don't.

Black idealism

Black people are the last idealists in this country:

Nearly two-thirds of black voters in the new poll said they could see one of their children becoming president, up 11 percentage points from the fall of 1992. At 47 percent, whites are about where they were back then on the question.

Charlie Payne!

I loved the Kerry shout out to him! He's my favorite Barack relative. :)

Word

Noam Scheiber:

Don't get me wrong, Barack Obama was going to win the floor vote just now to suspend the rest of the roll call and proclaim him the nominee. (It was positively electric in here when Hillary made the motion.) But surely there were a couple dissenters in the house. Nancy Pelosi pulled the trigger on that gavel before she'd even finished pronouncing the word "nay."

It made me laugh, because she didn't even pause for a second. I love Speaker Pelosi!

Ray Nagin

He also talks up the 311 number.

Ray Nagin is on CNN

He thought Sen. Obama couldn't win. You would think that he would be in NOLA, but he "had to be here." Jackass says he is "cautiously optimistic" that the levees will hold. I'm "cautiously optimistic" that I'll be able to save some of my things.

Seriously

Ben Smith points out:

There was, Obama advisors point out, no low-key way to do the nomination -- you can't do it in a diner. And the Republican attacks don't depend on the reality. Still, as I wrote today, his advisors have long known, big speeches can cut both ways. That's why, at one point on the campaign, they were banished to the evenings, so that he would appear in the evening news in more intimate settings.

That's why you do it BIG and embrace it. It's going to be powerful, awesome political theater. I'm sure Sen. Obama is going to have lots of flags on the stage. Republicans are just haters.

Del Martin dies

At least she lived long enough to get married.

Bill Clinton

Genuinely loves his wife:

“I never expect to be moved again like I was last night at a convention.”

I was proud of her too.

Funniest video ever

Faux News attacks Denver protesters, protesters respond:

Joe Biden

hehe, I agree with John Cole about this:

BTW- The pick is probably gonna be Biden according to the media, who I rate as the person most likely of all the VP possibles to call Mitt Romney an asshole. Others are hoping for a casual “m____ f_____.” Either way, I call that a win.

Here's hoping for that Vice Presidential debate.

Politico..

I'm so happy that they have decided to just publish Republican oppo articles. That's classy.

wtf Barack

You make me wait forever and then you pick Biden at 2:40 am... thanks... whatever, I'm cool with it.

I'm lame too

Like Jonathan Cohn, I have nothing better to do on a Friday night than wait expectantly by my cell phone... (Although I am hanging out with friends, I'm just letting them talk amongst themselves while I sit at my computer...)