Hillary Clinton just cleared her last delegate hurdle by winning New Jersey, California and Washington D.C. primaries. The impressive margin of victory in California was good for Clinton's confidence in moving forward. Clinton's sigh of relief and joy in becoming the first woman ...read more

I watched as much of the first day of the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina as I could stomach, and was left with the following thoughts. The negative: 1. As always, it was a slick marketing campaign under the guise of a political convention. We heard sound ...read more

The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via Yahoo News!): CHARLOTTE, N.C.—In a speech that instantly invoked comparisons to Barack Obama's star-making turn at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro invoked his personal story as the descendent of ...read more

By Bob Cesca: I've been following politics for most of my life, and while I've always felt energized by the potential and history of liberal policy-making, I've never felt like my chosen party reflected that energy or lived up to my expectations for it. Frankly, the Democrats ...read more