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Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson says that the message for Democrats is decidedly hopeful this year. Judging by the party conventions, you’d wonder why this election is even close. In Tampa, despite some unexpectedly amateurish stagecraft, Republicans put on a credible display of unity and resolve. No one could come away doubting that the party…

(The Root) — Witnesses to this week’s DNC or last week’s RNC conventions could easily come to the same conclusion: African-American issues were about as invisible as the imaginary President Obama in Clint Eastwood’s staged chair. During the Republican National Convention’s truncated three-day conference, there was Obama-bashing galore, with frequent mentions that the unemployment rate…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 In the morning, the President, the Vice President, the first lady and Dr. Biden will depart from Charlotte, North Carolina en route Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The departure from Charlotte International Airport and arrival at Portsmouth International Airport…

The Root’s contributing editor David Swerdlick writes at the New York Daily News that, in his DNC speech, Bill Clinton both sold the Affordable Care Act and “made a case for himself as the political master craftsman.” The lesson from night two of the Democratic National Convention — and of the last four years —…

(The Root) — Below is a sneak peek at excerpts from President Barack Obama’s address to the Democratic National Convention tonight in Charlotte, N.C. Expect him to spend a lot of time addressing jobs and the economy, especially in the areas of manufacturing, energy, education, national security and the deficit. From the Obama for America…

(The Root) — Change comes in many colors. And the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., has proved to be a brilliant display of American diversity — blurring the lines between black, brown, white and every hue in between. The delegates have gathered to re-elect the nation’s first African-American president — a historic moment —…

(The Root) — You gotta believe! President Bill Clinton, simply put, threw down last night at the Democratic National Convention. I say this as someone often troubled by his role in the 2008 presidential campaign. Right now what I can tell you is that, with remarkable eloquence and authority and the right dose of Arkansas…

(The Root) — As the first former U.S. president to nominate a successive one for re-election, Bill Clinton made history last night. And he put aside his uneasy personal relations in his 49-minute speech to praise his erstwhile Democrat rival in the White House and to steamroll the GOP policy issues laid out at its…