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August 27, 2008

Denver – Day 3: Roll call, Bubba, and Biden (UPDATE 5: OBAMA MAKES APPEARANCE, UPDATE 6: VIDEO OF BIDEN’S SPEECH ADDED)

It’s day three of the DNC in Denver, and there is lots to report, but first, the usual obligatory first links. Here’s a link to tonight’s schedule. The biggies, of course, will be Bubba making his big speech at 9. Obama’s VP pick Joe Biden will make his speech at 10:30 (Eastern time for both). As always, you can watch everything as it happens on C-SPAN if you can’t watch it on TV......   [Read More]

FactCheck: It’s the NRLC, not Obama, telling the truth on BAIPA

During the weekend of the Saddleback Civil Forum, Barack Obama did an interview with Christian Broadcast Network’s (CBN) David Brody in which the junior Senator of Illinois got steamed up over attacks on his Illinois State Senate record on the Born Alive Infant Protection Act.  In the interview, he outright accused the NRLC of “lying” about his position, which was that if the bill that came up before the Ill. State Senate virtually mirrored federal BAIPA legislation – legislation which ‘protected’ a woman’s right to ‘choose’ – then he would have supported it......   [Read More]