August 28, 2008 - Democratic National Convention: Day 4: Rep. John Lewis speech
August 28, 2008 - Democratic National Convention: Day 4: Bernice King speech
August 28, 2008 - What Obama's candidacy means to the movement.August 28, 2008. Barack Obama is preparing to accept the Democratic nomination in an evening sparked with history. Forty five years after Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the speech known as "I have a dream," we ask whether the civil rights movement has achieved most of its goals. Guests: Derrick Alridge: Director and associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Georgia. By phone from Athens. Jelani Cobb....an Associate Professor of History at Spellman College and a columnist for The Root. Also: Spotlighter Interview is with NBC's Tom Brokaw.
August 28, 2008 - How to influence the political brain.Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/28/2008, 7:06 p.m.One author claims that political decisions are wrought from a battle between emotion and reason. Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver is the venue for the last night of the Democratic National Convention. Guest: Drew Westen: Author of "The Political Brain."
August 28, 2008 - Democratic National Convention Mike Mulcahy special report, broadcast 6:00 - 6:30 pm CT
August 28, 2008 - Behind party lines: what it means to be a Democrat by Jeff Horwich, Minnesota Public Radio,Michael Caputo, Minnesota Public Radio, Stephanie Curtis, Minnesota Public Radio.August 28, 2008. For four days the pundits and the politicians have owned the airwaves during the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Minnesota Public Radio decided it was time for the rest of the Democrats to have their say. Denver, Colo. ? Minnesota Public Radio used the Public Insight Network to tap the expertise and experience of those not normally questioned by the press. About 20 rank-and-file Democrats were assembled at Colorado Public Radio to discuss what lead them to be a Democrat. It was an attempt to discuss the personal motivations of those who decided not only to become politically active, but to join a political party. Aired 2:00 pm. Billboard, then program.
August 28, 2008 - Democratic National Convention: Day 4: Gov. Bill Richardson speech
August 28, 2008 - Democratic National Convention: Day 4: Rev. Martin Luther King III speech
August 31, 2008 - McCain Calls for Changing GOP Convention as Storm Approaches. August 31, 2008, 1:50 pm.John McCain called for dramatic changes to the Republican National Convention during a visit to a hurricane command center in Jackson, Miss.?We must redirect our efforts from the really celebratory event of the nomination of president and vice president of our party to acting as all Americans,? the Republican presidential candidate said standing alongside his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.The details will be announced later Sunday, McCain said, ?but there?s very little doubt that we have to go from a party event to a call to the nation for action, action to help our fellow citizens in this time of tragedy and disaster, action in the form of volunteering, donations, reaching out our hands and our hearts and our wallets to the people who are under such great threat from this great natural disaster.?Among the possibilities being discussed: curtailing some days or events, asking sponsors to cancel parties, or turning the event into a fund-raiser for hurricane relief efforts.McCain also made clear that Monday evening, the opening of the convention, would be a nonpartisan event ?because America needs us now no matter whether we are Republican or Democrat.? Hurricane Gustav is expected to make landfall mid-day Monday, and if it stays on its current path will strike the Louisiana coast near New Orleans.McCain and Palin, and their spouses, were in Jackson to tour the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Emergency Operation Center and receive a briefing on the storm preparation.
August 31, 2008 - President Bush skips coming to St. Paul Republican National Convention for the first day of the RNC, as scheduled. He's on hurricane watch for Hurricane Gustav. He ends up doing staellite speech to the RNC on Day 2.