Welcome to Denver: Cheers, Jeers and Hillary Rodham Clinton

[NicholeW.]

Welcome to Denver: Cheers, Jeers and Hillary Rodham Clinton
Posted by Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet at 12:38 PM on August 24, 2008.

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/election08/96197/


Welcome to Denver, where political rumors travel faster than car and foot traffic because of the mega-police presence and ubiquitous orange traffic cone, and where on Joe Biden's first day in the vice-presidential sunshine rabid right-wingers and recalcitrant Hillary Clinton supporters snipped at the edges of the unfolding great Obama fest.

First, the reaction to Biden. Most delegates and party people heading to a Saturday evening reception for the media said they were were pleased. Not euphoric. Not cloud nine. Not thinking Biden would be a silver bullet into the dark heart of John McCain's I'm-the-toughest campaign. Most were not aware of Biden's support for going into Iraq, or when asked about that, said, 'Well that was then ...'

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These are real humans. People are so addicted to TV scripts (which are poorly written) they can not enjoy real life when they are hit in the face with it.  Then there is reality TV.