Lynn Forester de Rothschild

NewsWatch 9.17.08

September 17, 2008 by admin

Welcome to NewsWatch
Welcome to a new daily segment on DemConWatch. My name is Gabe Stein, and I spend most of my free time reading articles about the election - a lot of articles. I recently started calculating the number, and it's scary: I generally go through 50 to 100 articles per day. Yeah, I'm a total junkie, but in order to put the obsession to good use, I decided to volunteer to contribute to DemConWatch for the next seven weeks.

What you'll see from me is a daily dose of the top campaign stories from each news cycle, culled from hundreds of sources. While I can't promise to never miss a story, I'll try not to miss many, and more importantly, I'll intelligently synthesize the information by working to identify emerging common narratives in the otherwise unconnected mass of material. There's a theory that if you flood your mind with enough information, you're able to step back from the fray and find bigger trends you would have otherwise missed. Let's see if that works.

Of course, I invite you to provide your own analysis and point out anything I may have missed. So without further adieu:

Trends and Tremors

Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild was looking for another word when she called Obama 'elitist,' wasn't she? http://tinyurl.com/3r

September 17, 2008 by admin

Interview a Delegate in Denver!

August 20, 2008 by yanquimike

What's green, speaks 12 languages, and travels 125,000 miles to cast half-votes?

If you guessed Democrats Abroad, you're right! And since every ball game needs a program, I think it's time for me give you our lineup for next week.

...and don't forget, Yanqui Mike is not the only Democrat abroad available to you during the Democratic National Convention in Denver next week: I'll be sitting next to some pretty heavy-hitters... including 8 Superdelegates.

Democrats Abroad will have 22 delegates each with a half vote, bringing the organization's total votes to 11.

Any one of those people make for fascinating interviews.

Frinstince, Dems are looking to leave a big mark in November's election ...but a very small carbon footprint.