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Blogs FeedElection Watch Weekly: Obama's time to shine?
6 September 2012
(Chris Weyant / The Hill, Politicalcartoons.com)
News
The Democratic National Convention wraps up today with President Obama's speech.
Julian Castro's keynote adress was quite well-received but FLOTUS Michelle Obama stole the show on the first night.
On the second night, Bill Clinton offered a full-throated defence of Obama that got high-marks from the pundits. It was a long and rather wonky speech that often departed from his prepared remarks.
The RNC convention bounce was small but that's somewhat to be expected in today's partisan environment.
Around the Web
Josh Krashaar says that after Obama the Dems have a dearth of plausible party leaders.
In a mass knife fight to the death between every US president, who would win and why?
EJ Dionne loved Michelle Obama's speech
Looking Ahead:
Obama's speech is today. Biden will introduce him.
Trivia: Who was the oldest president to take office?
Answer to last week's trivia: 1968
Fun Fact: only John F. Kennedy and William Howard Taft are buried in Arlington National Cemetary.
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