Impressions from Denver

Impressions from Denver

Cutting through the spin and the stagecraft, Nation correspondents on the scene in Denver report on their experiences at the Democratic convention.

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Cutting through the spin and the stagecraft, Nation correspondents on the scene in Denver worked all week to find the stories behind the carefully-scripted speeches at the DNC. On the eve of Barack Obama’s historic speech, The Nation‘s Katha Pollitt, Patricia Williams and Richard Kim talk about the real significance of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, looking at what history was really made.

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