Some notes on the last day of the 2007 Take Back America conference. - Bill Scher has the details of the booing Sen. Hillary Clinton recieved during her speech. Yes, she was booed (somewhat deservedly) but it wasn't for the reason the right is pushing. They are, as usual, making ...read more

• By Oliver Willis
  Nov 9, 2018

Prometheus 6 and I had a smackdown in the middle of Blogger Blvd! Actually, that didn't happen at all. ...read more

• By Oliver Willis
  Nov 9, 2018

Especially in primary season, a gathering like Take Back America is all about being wooed. Conference attendees want the presidential candidates to suck up to them, to woo them, to seduce them into the voting booth by whispering sweet nothings about universal health care, ending ...read more

• By Oliver Willis
  Nov 9, 2018

I attended the speeches for both Barack Obama and John Edwards, and it was an almost complete flip-flop of the impression I got at the DNC winter meeting. Obama brought his "A" game and had the audience eating out of his hand. He told his bio, attacked the right but still was ...read more

• By Oliver Willis
  Nov 9, 2018

Things went well, my line about killing the right... well, it killed. But then again this was about the best audience for a line like that. As I write this CNN's Candy Crowley is across from me interviewing bloggers. I think she's as vapid in person as on the teevee. ...read more

• By Oliver Willis
  Nov 9, 2018

There's a rumor at Take Back America that Michelle Malkin is slithering around, maybe looking for payback after getting punked by Max Blumenthal at CPAC earlier this year. ...read more

• By Oliver Willis
  Nov 9, 2018