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By Art Harris, (c), www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

Moments before he took the stage in Denver to touch 84,000 people Thursday night, I stood just a few feet away, camera rolling, to capture Sen. Barack Obama, as he touched two dozen voters, picked at random to meet him, in a rare and personal way.

He’s an active listener, engaging, bantering, even comforting with one woman who was so overcome with emotion, she burst into tears.

“Why are you crying?” he asked, hugging her, telling her everything was going to be okay. Read the rest of this entry »

Battle of the Ads: Obama on McCain’s “Country Club” econmics

From Bald Truth Staff:

It’s the battle of the You Tube: he says, he says. Capitalizing on Sen. McCain’s fuzzy memory of the houses he owns, Obama admeisters fire back.

Who’s winning the ad wars?

Ad Paid for by the McCain Campaign Seeds Clouds over Denver

By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

We’re off to see old friends on the political trail in Denver for the Democratic Convention and eager to see if the mile high drama gives Sen. Obama a boost in the polls, narrowing recently between him and Sen. John McCain.

Keep an eye on ET and The Insider, for our behind the scenes reports, and when we can blog, we will.

As for McCain’s ad mocking a Denver coronation, it comes on the heels of the Vietnam War hero forgetting how many homes he had, in response to a reporter’s question. Obama made hay with that (“I’ve got one, he’s got seven”), then the McCain camp was quick to fire back that BO shouldn’t be slinging bricks, mortar and mud. Read the rest of this entry »

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

While pundits debate Sen. Barack Obama’s VEEP recruiting, vetting running mates down to the wire, filmmaker Michael Moore questions the wisdom of hedging bets with some conservative, smart-ass White Boy who backed the war, like Sen. Joe Biden, or Sen. Evan Bayh, who also has blue collar appeal, or governor of Virginia, Tim Kaine.

So what if they can deliver big blocks of electoral votes if they don’t jive with with what he Stands for, asks Moore in an open letter to Caroline Kennedy asking the Obama running mate adviser to toss her hat into the ring. It could also chill gripes about Sen. Hillary Clinton and conjure excitement over party roots. Read the rest of this entry »