My First Convention: Jason Rae
We caught up with Jason Rae, officially the youngest superdelegate for the 2008 campaign, at the final taping of The Daily Show in Denver, and asked h...
We caught up with Jason Rae, officially the youngest superdelegate for the 2008 campaign, at the final taping of The Daily Show in Denver, and asked h...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.30.2008 | Media
Slate Group chair and EIC Jacob Weisberg talks about his first convention at the Google/VF Party, not too far from the bar made of ice where fancy Dem...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.30.2008 | Media
WaPo/Newsweek/former MSNBC/all-around D.C. Media doyenne Tammy Haddad talks about her first convention, internet TV, and why you should never cross h...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.29.2008 | Media
Houston Chronicle D.C. Bureau Chief Rick Dunham, our gracious host on the DNC grounds during the convention, shares some of the memories from his firs...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.29.2008 | Media
Yesterday's DNC closer at Invesco Field went off with out a hitch and was, by all accounts, a stunning and formidably-organized piece of political st...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.29.2008 | Media
Enough! Enough of the failed policies of the Bush years - but never enough original photos from Invesco Field, where tonight Barack Obama accepted the...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.28.2008 | Media
Not only does Google/Vanity Fair party make you go to the Ritz-Carlton to pick up your tickets (in accordance with the email equivalent of a clipboa...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.28.2008 | Media
Last night, ETP pulled Chicago Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief and uber-reporter Lynn Sweet away from the thumping bass of the CNN Grill last night ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.28.2008 | Media
CNN Dance Party! Last night at the CNN Grill — with which avid readers of my Twitter are by now well-acquainted — an impromptu dance party...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.28.2008 | Media
Hello from Denver, where we missed yesterday's Morning Vlog Even Though We Hate The Word 'Vlog,' because a certain someone was out partying with a lam...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.27.2008 | Media
Tom Edsall is HuffPo's Political Editor, former longtime WaPo reporter and our resident old-school newsie. I don't get to work with Tom that much beca...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.27.2008 | Media
Brand Clinton was at stake here, and Hill and Bill delivered the one-two Clinton punch that proved that their claim on the hearts and minds of the Democratic party was not entirely misplaced.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.27.2008 | Media
Greetings from Media Tent 4, home of the workspace of the Houston Chronicle, ETP's host during the convention! We've been enjoying their famous Texas ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.27.2008 | Media
As mentioned, last night I was lucky to be included in 23/6's Big Tent comedy show, along with far brighter lights like Fred Armisen, Eugene Mirman, L...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.27.2008 | Media
Today I paid my first visit to the convention floor and it was awesome! If that sounds too enthusiastic and excited well, too bad — it was excit...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.27.2008 | Media
What a great thing to see! Walking out of my first trip to the convention floor (exciting!) across a sunny pavilion, I see two people in bright blue O...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.27.2008 | Media
The Twitter feeds I've got have been an essential source for info during this whirlwind week, when I am almost always on the go and far from having the time to sit and actually read the coverage of my colleagues.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.26.2008 | Media
Welcome to the inauguration of ETP's brand-new series, "My First Convention," where we ask political movers and shakers about their very first convent...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.26.2008 | Media
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Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.26.2008 | Media
Hello, world! Here is our second installment of Glynnis, Ana and Rachel's DNC Vlog Except That We Hate The Word Vlog, And This Morning Thought It Woul...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.26.2008 | Media
....and I get to take credit for it! I cajoled him into signing up over breakfast at the CNN Grille — well, breakfasts, both of them mine (at th...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.25.2008 | Media
To see Ted Kennedy talking about hope is very inspiring. This is a man who was given a terminal diagnosis earlier this summer, a brain tumor for whi...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.25.2008 | Media
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.25.2008 | Media
Despite the fact that the Oasis is meant to be an oasis in the middle of the convention hubbub, it sometimes enjoys a hubbub itself as various media-a...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.25.2008 | Media
Well, it's afternoon in all the time zones that matter now, but we would still like to bring you this: A morning video blog courtesy of the pundits I'...
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Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.31.2008 | Media