Democrats
THE EDGE: Dems' best and worst (AP)
Obama plays some hoops, works on speech (AP)
AP - Barack Obama aims to weave the personal with the political Thursday night as he tells 75,000 supporters in a football stadium and millions more at home how as president he would make a difference in their lives.
Hillary Backers' Refusal to Aid Obama Helps Senate Democrats (Bloomberg)
Biden: Obama cannot win without Pennsylvania (AP)
AP - Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told Pennsylvania delegates Thursday that running mate Barack Obama can't win the White House without the Keystone State.
DNC '08: Reviewing the big show (AP)
AP - A pivotal moment in the 1998 movie "Pleasantville" comes when an unusual remote control pulls a brother and sister into their television set. They emerge on the other side, inside the world of the show they are watching.
McCain ad to rebut Obama's DNC speech (Politico)
Obama makes unscripted appearance at the DNC (AP)
AP - Sen. Barack Obama dropped in on his own party at the Democratic convention a day early Wednesday to praise his wife, his former rival, and former President Bill Clinton for going to bat for him.
Bill Clinton forcefully endorses Obama at DNC (AP)
AP - Former President Clinton gave his full-throated endorsement to Barack Obama's bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is "ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world."
Dems nervous over Invesco risks (Politico)
Politico - DENVER - Senior Democratic officials are expressing serious concerns about the political risks posed by Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium Thursday evening.
Kerry: I don't recognize my former friend, McCain (AP)
AP - Sen. John Kerry, the one-time presidential nominee whose campaign crumbled under attacks on his military service and consistency, told fellow Democrats on Wednesday that he doesn't recognize Republican John McCain, a man he once considered as a runningmate.
Olympian Johnson to lead pledge at DNC convention (AP)
Dems choose Obama in thunderous acclamation (AP)
AP - Barack Obama, claiming a prize never held by a black American, swept to the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday as thousands of national convention delegates stood and cheered his improbable triumph.
Clinton releases delegates (AP)
AP - In an emotional meeting leading up to the Democratic roll call of the states, Hillary Rodham Clinton released her convention delegates Wednesday to vote for certain presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Teenaged Democrats flock to Obama's side (AFP)
AFP - Some of them aren't even old enough to vote yet, but impassioned by the message of hope preached by Barack Obama they have flocked here to help crown their idol the Democratic standard-bearer.
Democrats to be out in force at GOP meet (AP)
AP - Delegates to the Republican National Convention who are traveling into downtown St. Paul next week will be treated to a billboard-sized welcome from the other party.
Obama learns from past Dem missteps (Politico)
Politico - CHICAGO — When Barack Obama looks out at the Democrats assembled in Denver this week, he'll see a handful of party luminaries who sought the White House before him: Al Gore, John F. Kerry, Howard Dean, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
People of faith challenge Democrats (AP)
AP - Religious leaders and people of faith who've been invited to the table at this week's Democratic National Convention are not sitting quietly with their hands in their laps.
Clinton says election isn't about her (AP)
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton had a simple message Tuesday for her still loyal supporters: This election isn't about her.
Hillary Clinton's speech at the Dems convention (AP)
AP - Remarks of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for her address to the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night in Denver:
Dems rip into McCain at Obama's convention (AP)
AP - Democrats ripped into John McCain as indifferent to the plight of the working class and an ally of big oil on Tuesday, launching wave after wave of attacks from the podium of their national convention.



