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nadinbrzezinski

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12. They were doing policy right and left

Reply to madrchsod (Reply #8)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 12:09 AM

Sep 2012

every speaker was, almost.

Top policy speeches, Michelle, Bill Clinton. John Kerry and Barack Obama...

Off prime time... we also had a few good ones from people like Grahnholm, the head of NARAl, it just kept on coming. Policy wonks were in heaven and there was real world arithmetic.

And dopey me, forgot Elizabeth warren... the game is rigged, elizabeth warren.

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We just saw something really strange [View all] nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 OP

It was like a jigsaw puzzle where every single speaker held an equal piece. jillan Sep 2012 #1

Wow, great analogy, Jill! gateley Sep 2012 #2

+1 Chorophyll Sep 2012 #13

Hey - I'm inspired! I've been watching my heroes all week :) jillan Sep 2012 #19

Ive read your posts on here for years and enjoyed them erinlough Sep 2012 #3

You know what is funnier nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #4

haha i saw that too! ibegurpard Sep 2012 #7

"closed" --> "close" Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #33

Oh, my. I missed that the first read. AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2012 #5

If Romney loses, there will be a bloodbath in Republican-land MannyGoldstein Sep 2012 #6

reminds me a lot of the 68 democratic convention madrchsod Sep 2012 #9

I dare say more nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #11

Maybe so, but there is no 3rd party candidate this year Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #24

Gary Johnson nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #28

This is the first time I've ever heard of him Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #29

Well, talking to a few hundred Paul supporters nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #30

One reason for that lack of discipline nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #10

i think a lot of credit goes to david axlerod madrchsod Sep 2012 #8

They were doing policy right and left nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #12

They embraced the teabaggers. joshcryer Sep 2012 #14

Their "voter-pool" of angry old white men has been dying off for decades SoCalDem Sep 2012 #35

Labor was there and .. ananda Sep 2012 #15

I am talking in the final speech nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #18

Wasserman Schultz put this together? She did an amazing job! Hope she got paid the same as... Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #16

She is the chairwoman of the Democratic Party... it is one of her jobs. nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #17

If someone took the time to watch B Calm Sep 2012 #20

They are as disjouinted and disunited as at least the '68 Dems nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #21

In 1968 mick063 Sep 2012 #22

That has always been a worry... a good vibrant speaker. nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #23

How much of that disunity at the RNC was a function of the money? haele Sep 2012 #31

That is a good question nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #32

I think the contrast is stunning. sofa king Sep 2012 #25

I am far more impartial than you are nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #26

Well, the B-team went first, just to try to prove they were ready for prime time calimary Sep 2012 #27

I noticed that too. MadrasT Sep 2012 #34

Labor, organized labor were ignored at the DNC?? sufrommich Sep 2012 #36