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Wow

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Zach

I’m sitting here in Denver International Airport and it has been an incredible week. John in Denver did pretty well in capturing last night’s atmosphere at Invesco. It was almost more rock-concert than convention – I’ve never done the wave at a political speech before. I’m not sure that’s the best thing in the world, and I wonder if it plays right into the hands of the McCain celebrity campaign, but I kept thinking as I looked around at the crowd that there is no politician in my life time, no politician since John Kennedy that could have given us that atmosphere. The contrast with stiff, old, awkward John McCain could not have been more striking. (more…)

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Live from Denver

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Zach

Except on the main streets, Denver seems rather quiet the last day before the convention proper starts.  The security, though is overwhelming, the entire state of Colorado has donated cops, who combine with a substantial DHS presence to give an impression of overwhelming force, making me feel both safe, and a little bit like I’m living in a police state.  I’ve worked on Capitol Hill and it’s nowhere near as heavily secured as Niketown Denver (at least overtly – I’m sure there were many innocent looking people authorized to kill me.)

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