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In a shameless grab to appear ground-breaking and cutting edge, Republican candidate John McCain has chosen a woman, Governor Sarah Palin, for his Vice Presidential running mate. One thing we know for sure; Palin is no Hillary Clinton.

August 28, 2008

"Barack Obama is ready to lead America," he tells an adoring crowd -- and suddenly Clinton haters who predicted mayhem in Denver are 0 for 2.

Fact: It's not. In years past, Democratic candidates who won lots of primaries and accumulated hundreds of delegates (sorry, Howard Dean and Bill Bradley) have always been allowed to address the convention and very often place their name into nomination.

Like nearly everything else Clinton-related this week, Hillary Clinton's convention speech remained a question mark until the last minute.

Sen. Hillary Clinton may have endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president in a speech at the Democratic convention Tuesday night, but she stopped short of saying that he is ready to lead the country, Sen. John McCain's campaign said Tuesday night.

Even before Sen. Hillary Clinton takes to the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, on Tuesday night, several of her die-hard supporters -- and delegates -- are looking for the New York senator to preach party unity.

Like nearly everything else Clinton-related this week, Hillary Clinton's convention speech remained a question mark until the last minute.

In the Democratic convention, Michelle Obama displayed the kind of grace and female strength that many Americans yearn for in a first lady.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton deferred her own dreams on Tuesday and made a soaring appeal for Democrats to support Senator Barack Obama.