From TPM Reader AL …
With regards to reader ML’s comments on the convention:
I only have the 2004 and 2008 conventions to compare it to, and so far the democrats seem almost super-humanly organized on messaging. Every speech is hitting some kind of trifecta of explaining the party goals in philosophical terms, boasting of Obama’s policy achievements to move towards them, and taking a hit at Romney for having the opposite position.
Twitter reports that Michelle Obama’s speech generated nearly twice as many tweets per minute as Mitt Romney’s speech. And Julian Castro’s keynote speech almost matched Romney’s.
Full twitter press release after the jump … Read More
It’s one of the of the GOP’s most devastating rhetorical punches: Obama has not created a single net new job since taking office.
But how you calculate the numbers, which numbers you use, and how much longer Republicans will be able to make that argument give you a lot of insight into the recession, the anemic jobs picture, and the GOP strategy to torpedo the recovery as a way of defeating Obama.
Democrats grabbed hold of Obamacare and held it high during the first night of the convention.
If you’re north of 40, the idea of Democrats being on the winning side of the social hot buttons of the day is still hard to get used to. But this is what it looks like.
DNCC announces it’s moving Thursday night’s convention finale — including President Obama’s acceptance speech — from the outdoors Bank of America stadium to the indoors arena where the rest of the convention has been held, due to the forecast for thunderstorms.
Some readers emailed saying they were having trouble finding video of the major speeches last night. Here ya go.