Witnessing History

Tears were rolling down people’s faces in the crowd. There was a woman from Selma, Al. who told me she never believed this was actually possible, that a black man would one day accept a major party nomination. She was wiping away tears throughout his speech and during the biographical video that came before it.
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First Things First

Before I get into all the details of my experience at Invesco and the earth-shattering-once-in-a-lifetime-had-to-be-a-movie grandeur, I first must mention the incredible invocation given last night by my good friend Rabbi David Saperstein. When he first came out, I had a blocked view so I started running toward the front. Everyone was still and they [...]

Night Three: Fire Marshalled

Last night I actually had to work at the Pepsi Center – my job being handing out floor passes to the press. Working usually means I get a few minutes to sneak on to the floor and hear some of the keynote speeches of the night. Last night, there was chaos of course and not [...]

Riots On The Streets of Denver… I Mean Riot Gear

Yesterday I spent the day handing out credentials to TV and Radio organizations in a banquet room in the basement of the downtown Sheraton. So while I didn’t get to experience much of the hubbub outside, there was plenty going on inside the hotel, including the arrival of delegates from more states than I think [...]

Bad Blogger But GOING TO DENVER

I know I haven’t posted in a long time. There has been ample to blog about too, which is even more depressing. I know I have disappointed my “readers” but the truth of the matter is I’m not really a blogger at all. I don’t want to write about things unless I’m there experiencing them [...]

The Audacity Of Hillary Clinton… and Her Supporters

Washington D.C. – At an all day meeting Saturday the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee decided to seat all Florida and Michigan delegates granting them half-votes at the Democratic National Convention in August. This same committee had stripped Florida and Michigan of all their delegates in December as a penalty for moving their [...]

If Eliot Spitzer Was In France He Would Probably Still Be In Office

I haven’t written anything in quite awhile and look at what has happened. Wyoming and Mississippi held their contests and once again Barack Obama has momentum. Was there anything else in the news?
Since the last time I wrote Eliot Spitzer, the soon to be former New York Governor and Client 9, was caught with his [...]

Jews and Obama

I have received a number of emails from Jewish friends and family asking me what I thought about Barack Obama in relation to the Jewish community. I think it is clear that the viral email that circulated in mid-Janurary about Obama being anti-semitic was a smear tactic. Many American Jewish leaders, including my good [...]

No One For Nader

This morning on NBC’s “Meet The Press” Green Party activist Ralph Nader, the “spoiler” of the 2000 election, announced that once again he is running for President –his fifth bid for the White House. 
In 2000 he received 2.7 percent of the popular vote and in 2004 he received less than one percent. I don’t want to venture a [...]

Words! Words! Words!

“Words! Words! Words! I’m So Sick Of Words!”Liza Doolittle, My Fair Lady.
Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama met last night at perhaps their next to last debate.  The Texas and Ohio primaries on March 4th are the make-it-or-break-it contests for Clinton who hasn’t won a primary or caucus since February 5. If she doesn’t pull out a stunning [...]