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My First Convention: Jason Rae

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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My First Convention: Jacob Weisberg

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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My First Convention: Tammy Haddad

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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My First Convention: Rick Dunham

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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The Great Pilgrimage To Invesco Field

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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The Fierce Urgency Of Posting My Invesco Field Pictures Now

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Enough! Enough of the failed policies of the Bush years - but never enough original photos from Invesco Field, where tonight Barack Obama accepted the...

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Google/Vanity Fair Party May Take Itself Just A Tad Too Seriously

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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My First Convention: Lynn Sweet

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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 ...

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Donna Brazile And Roland Martin Get Down

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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What Do Cupcakes Have To Do With The DNC? Thank Goodness, This Vlog Will Explain That

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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My First Convention: Tom Edsall

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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Bill Clinton, Redeemed: "I Am Here First To Support Barack Obama"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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.

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Thanks, Houston Chronicle!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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 ...

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The DNC Funnies: The 23/6 Big Tent Comedy Show

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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Live From The Convention Floor!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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The Greatest Thing I Have Seen At This Convention

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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Twitter Me This!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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.

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My First Convention: Jonathan Alter

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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I Am In This Show Tonight

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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This Vlog Is Like A Fortune Cookie, Just Add The Words "In Bed"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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Jon Klein Is Twittering! (Also, CNN Ratings)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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....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...

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Ted Kennedy: "The Work Begins Anew, The Hope Rises Again, And The Dream Lives On"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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Friends of New Orleans Hope They've Got Friends At The DNC

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Making A Splash At The Oasis: Daryl Hannah and Robert Kennedy Jr.

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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Your Morning Vlog (Except That We Hate The Word 'Vlog')

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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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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