Russia Talk Throws DNC And RNC Back To Cold War
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Last night, in his convention speech, President Obama offered this critique of the Republicans on foreign-policy. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: They want to take us back to an...
View ArticleWill Convention Give Obama A Boost In N.C.?
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Democrats in North Carolina are hoping to extend the momentum of the convention, organizing to get out the vote in...
View ArticlePost-Convention, Democrats Gain Momentum
Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: We're joined now by NPR's national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Good morning, Mara. MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: Good morning, Linda. WERTHEIMER: So, Mara, as we...
View ArticleParsing The 2012 Party Platforms
One overlooked part of the convention frenzy was the party platforms. They seemed to cause more embarrassment than excitement at the DNC, where party leaders fumbled at reinserting clauses about...
View ArticleObama's Post-Charlotte Bounce May Owe More To TV Ads Than Convention
It's become conventional wisdom that President Obama's new lead in the polls is a bounce, coming out of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C. But an analysis from the Wesleyan Media Project...
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