Democrats try to avoid ’04 déjà vu - Thehill.com
DENVER — Democrats are striving to ensure that their 2008 convention is starkly different than 2004, when Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) attracted one of the smallest post-convention bounces in history. Many Democrats in Denver cringe when asked to

My House or Yours? - BusinessWeek
The Obama campaign has made great hay out of the fact that rival John McCain couldn’t remember how many houses he owned — and even greater hay out of the fact that the total turned out to be seven. Fighting off McCain’s attempts to brand him as

US election: Democrats’ dogs of war go on offensive to counter McCain - Guardian Unlimited
After a day of feel-good themes, Democrats yesterday promised the gloves would come off at the party convention with a populist attack on the Republicans’ stewardship of the US economy. Last night’s line-up of convention speakers were there to

Former Gov. Warner: Party must seize opportunity - International Herald Tribune
DENVER : Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, keynoting the Democratic National Convention, said Tuesday night that American voters “have one shot to get it right” by electing Barack Obama president to end Republican leadership that is stuck in the past