Anthony Moretti, RMU Journalism Professor
• September 7, 2012
Voters in America’s 50 states are now less than 60 days away from electing the next President of the United States.
Over the previous three nights, Democrats at their national convention made their case as to why the next president ought to be...
Anthony Moretti, RMU Journalism Professor
• September 6, 2012
President Bill Clinton is the best political orator of this generation and perhaps of any generation.
On Wednesday night, he delivered again for the Democratic Party.
Because he did, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will wake up Thursday...
Anthony Moretti, RMU Journalism Professor
• September 5, 2012
The initial night of the Democratic National Convention is over, and if it is fair to compare the Democrats’ opening night to the Republicans’, then the victory belongs to the Democratic Party.
Before we analyze the Democrats, let’s flashback...
. . . as posted by the National Journal:
Welcome to the first day of the Democratic National Convention, where first lady Michelle Obama and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro will give tonight’s major speeches in the Time Warner Cable Arena. The convention...
Anthony Moretti, RMU Journalism Professor
• September 4, 2012
A group of perhaps 100 protesters walked into a police blockade Tuesday afternoon in Charlotte as they attempted to move toward the Time Warner Cable Arena, the site of the Democratic National Convention.
The police blocked the intersection of East...
By time most of you read this post, I will be somewhere between Tampa and Charlotte. Early Friday morning, four students and I leave Florida and one national political convention for North Carolina and another national political convention.
Those students...
. . . might soon be considered either one of the best or one of the worst delivered at any national political convention.
Ever.
So, I ask a simple question: Was it one of the best or worst ever?
…and the images it doesn’t.
As the 2012 Republican National Convention formally got underway on Tuesday, the contrast between the Republican effort to project a “we are a happy family” and the thorn that is Ron Paul and his supporters could...
Politico is among several news organizations reporting that the initial night of the Republican National Convention in Tampa is being cancelled.
Concerns about Tropical Storm Isaac is behind the decision.
2nd UPDATE: 7:24 p.m. EDT The decision...
