By Steve Kornacki 8/28/08 11:53pm

Convention Speaker Report Card

A quick review of the most prominently featured speakers over the first three days of the Democratic convention – which ones helped, which ones hurt, and which ones did neither.

 

Monday:

  • Ted Kennedy: Given what he and his family have meant to Read More

By Steve Kornacki 8/26/08 2:38am

For Better or Worse, Jim Leach Is No Zell Miller

The peak viewership 10:00 P.M. window opened with veteran Iowa Senator Tom Harkin addressing the convention in American Sign Language – a tribute to his late older brother Frank, whose deafness led to Tom Harkin’s emergence as one of Congress’ most outspoken champions of the disabled.

But Harkin’s main role was to introduce his fellow Read More