Politics

The Democrats Take Denver

Slate’s complete coverage of the Democratic National Convention.

Adventures of an Accidental Delegate: How to fake a floor credential,” by Monica Youn. Posted Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.

Pills and Politics: The normally GOP-friendly drug industry now favors Obama,” by James Ledbetter. Posted Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.

Pro-Choices—Plural: How the Democratic Party is adjusting its approach to abortion,” by Michael Sean Winters. Posted Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.

Go on Without Me: Hillary Clinton throws almost everything behind Barack Obama,” by John Dickerson. Posted Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008

Hillary by the Numbers: The ‘I’s have it,” by Timothy Noah. Posted Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.

Why Convention Coverage Can’t Be Olympian: There’s nothing NBC can teach the convention planners,” by Jack Shafer. Posted Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.

Adventures of an Accidental Delegate: The yellow-vests take control,” by Monica Youn. Posted Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.

Dems Just Wanna Have Fun: Convention-goers aren’t going to let a little ethics law prevent them from having awesome parties,” by Christopher Beam. Posted Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.

Barack Like Us: Michelle offers up her American family,” by John Dickerson. Posted Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.

Adventures of an Accidental Delegate: Off the plane and into the party,” by Monica Youn. Posted Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.

Hillary Courts Her Own Supporters: She wants them to support Obama, but they may not agree—and Obama may not need them,” by John Dickerson. Posted Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.

What Kind of Plagiarist Is Joe Biden? The unusually creepy kind,” by Jack Shafer. Posted Monday, Aug. 25, 2008

The Write Stuff? Why Biden’s plagiarism shouldn’t be forgotten,” by David Greenberg. Posted Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.

What Would Biden’s Middle East Policy Look Like? Joe Biden is an erratic pragmatist,” by Shmuel Rosner. Posted Monday, Aug. 25, 2008

If You Knew Barack Like She Knows Barack: How Michelle Obama will humanize her husband in tonight’s speech,” by Liza Mundy. Posted Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.

When Democrats Convene,” a Magnum Photos gallery. Post Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.

It’s Biden Time! Will Obama’s new running mate help or hurt the campaign?” by John Dickerson. Posted Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.

Conventional Wisdom: What to read to get ready for the Democratic National Convention,” by John Dickerson. Posted Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.

If Obama Loses: Racism is the only reason McCain might beat him,” by Jacob Weisberg. Posted Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.

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MSNBC and Fox News have different takes on Michelle Obama’s speech

Highlights of Michelle Obama’s speech

Blogs

Trailhead: A campaign blog.”

XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc.”

Kausfiles: A mostly political weblog,” by Mickey Kaus.

Regular Features

Hillary’s Message: My Candidacy Made Obama’s Candidacy Possible! The latest from Slate’s Democratic Convention Twitter feed.” Posted Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.

Getting There: Obama makes his final pre-convention stop in Montana. McCain is off the trail,” by E.J. Kalafarski and Chadwick Matlin. Posted Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008

Election Scorecard: Where the elections stand today.”