Hillary's Exit
This shot was taken Monday morning as Hillary Clinton addressed the NY delegation. Apparently, tensions remain between the Clinton and Obama camps sustaining a level of drama regarding the convention roll call and release of delegates.
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Our Man On The Floor: Pelosi And The California Delegation
Our Man On The Floor: Alan Chin's first slideshow from the Democratic National Convention
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McCain Playing Hillary Card, Crashing Party At DNC?
The latest McCain video seems looks to be specifically aimed at heightening dissension between Hillary supporters and the Obama campaign. Unity seems to be mostly the attitude here in Denver, although there is a pro-Hillary march scheduled for Wednesday.
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DNC 2.0
The clear feeling here in Denver is that the (technology rich) progressive movement has its own convention-within-a-convention going on. This shot more than captures the rise, and resourcefulness, of the new political media.
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TIME's Convention Promo: A Flap In The Face
So Obama is a "one man Rorschach test," or a man of five faces (which, I guess, is better than two).
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Powell's Obama Intro: Not From Here
Leading off our coverage, we thought it was worthwhile to look at how traditional media is setting the table (or, perhaps, poisoning the well?) heading into the week. I'm was particularly interested in this illustration accompanying the lead story in Sunday's NYT Week-In-Review ("American Wanderer, in All His Stripes")...
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BAGnewsNotes Visualizes The Democratic Convention
As a credentialed convention blog, BAGnewsNotes will be offering extensive coverage from Denver for four days starting this coming Monday. Besides up to 5 posts per day of visual analysis, we will be tracking visual coverage around the web as well as offering extensive original material from photojournalist Alan...
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