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If it's the last Monday in July of 2004, it must mean Boston is the town the country is watching, with the 2004 Democratic National Convention (official site) taking place. Presumptive Democratic nominee, John Kerry, threw out the first pitch at the Red Sox-Yankees game last night, which bounced before caught, saying, "It's the opening of the convention, it's a wonderful rivalry, and it's a great event [Gothamist thinks he's referring to the Yankees and Red Sox, not the two political parties]. The idea of missing a Yankees-Red Sox series right before a convention week was not acceptable." New Yorkers will be watching to see how security issues are worked out in Boston, as we brace for the Republican Convention; the Daily News reports about New York Task Force One, an "elite search and rescue group," being stationed outside of Boston. Tonight, former President Bill Clinton, Senator Hillary Clinton of NY, and Representative Robert Menendez of NJ are among tonight's speakers. (And there will be more coverage of the Red Sox- Yankees game from Gothamist Sports later.)
The NY Times had special Democratic Convention section, in addition to their Campaign 2004 site. And here's the Washington Post's extensive convention site. Talking Points Memo's Joshua Micah Marshall writes how MSNBC's convention coverage site (here) has "absorbed the blogging model to something like a mind-bending degree." It's true - MSNBC has a blog, Hardblogger, (heh!) and Gothamist was shocked Chris Matthews' posts weren't in all caps or bold....an assistant must have posted 'em.
Other network coverage on the web: CNN Politics, ABC's Vote 2004, CBS News, and for some partisan news, Fox News. Check out the BBC's coverage of our elections, plus who can ignore the Daily Show (their site, not so extensive for Indecision 2004).
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And if you want to see how the convention is affecting us grumpy people who actually live in Boston:
http://www.boston-online.com/common/
The DNC in Boston is great! Everyone left town, the streets are empty, the commute to work was a whopping 10 minutes. I wonder if NYC will see as much tumbleweed as Beantown does. On another note... those damn Red Sox. So far, I've only heard the gloating from Red Sox Nation. Cheeky bastards.
I think we can all come to a bipartisan consensus when I say all these conventions suck ass. Why can't the Republicans have it on their own turf. You would think they would want to hold it in a city where the people don't despise them as much.
I won't be protesting either. I have more important things to do...
Sleeping Late, Watching TV, Scratching...
My calender is packed.
Convention security has clearly gotten out of hand. I don't see why there would be any greater risk of an attack on one of the political conventions than on any large sports event or industry trade show.
If they're going to shut down two major cities for a week each to do the conventions, then, as I suggested earlier, the conventions should both be held in Orlando, which is institutionally prepared to handle vast numbers of transient people with rigorous security. Seriously - hold them at Disneyworld. They've got dozens of hotels, lots of stuff to keep the delegates busy, a security force larger than most cities, and adequate facilities. Give 'em three years' notice that they need to block off two weeks in August 2008, and I'm sure they'd be thrilled to do it.
Wow, for the first time ever, Sterling has a logical thought! Keep it up, man!
sterling - where in disneyworld are the hookers? i'm sure they would find a way in, and there could be a cinderella theme...but what about raunch?
lol, I was going to make the same comment about how surprising the sanity and honesty of sterling's comment was.
I'm logical all the time - it's you squirrelly Manhattan liberals who are cognitively impaired most of the time.
And while I haven't been in Orlando in about 20 years, I'm guessing there's no shortage of "adult" funspots, Tien.
ahh there he is