Yale on the Trail

Dear YaleDailyNews.com readers,
As the historic 2008 presidential election nears, the Yale Daily News will offer in-depth, student-focused reporting on a scale unprecedented for a college newspaper. Just as the News deployed reporters to cover the caucuses and primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina and was one of only two Connecticut newspapers to report […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER — Sen. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday, vowing that “it’s time for us to change America” after what he called the failed presidency of George W. Bush ’68.
Before countless Elis in front of their televisions and an energized crowd of tens of thousands at a football stadium […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 5:22 p.m. — The Obama campaign has released excerpts from the speech to be delivered this evening by Senator Barack Obama, the Democrative presidential nominee.  In remarks entitled “The American Promise,” Obama critiques the “failed presidency” of George W. Bush ‘68 and — guess what — calls for change.
“America, we are better […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 4:20 p.m. — Is the Democratic party unified? The Clinton camp says so.
Terry McAuliffe, the campaign chair for Senator Hillary Clinton LAW ‘73, stood outside a luxury box in the Pepsi Center on Wednesday night, smiling for photographs and shaking hands with supporters, the weight of the long campaign seemingly dissolved.
“We’re all […]

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Olympics gymnastics gold medalist Shawn Johnson is here at Invesco Field and just appeared on the podium to rehearse the pledge of allegiance. (Photo: The Associated Press)

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DENVER, 2:15 p.m. — Courtesy of the Democratic National Convention Committee, here is the schedule for the festivities at Invesco Field. DNC chair Howard Dean ‘71 speaks at 5 p.m. local time.

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 12:22 p.m. — We’re here in the press box at Invesco Field, where 75,000 people will watch Senator Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination for president sometime this evening. The gates open to the public at 1 p.m., although Obama will not take the podium until around 8 p.m. local time.
More photos […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 1:49 p.m. — Every once in a while as he walks through the United States Capitol, Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio is pulled aside by a security guard. “They say, ‘Who do you work for?’” Ryan said.
But the 35-year-old Democrat doesn’t mind. His relative youth, he says, is a political advantage […]

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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday night.
DENVER, 12:15 a.m. — In the time between speeches by Bill Clinton LAW ‘73 and Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware, I had the chance to roam around the suite level at the Pepsi Center, where most celebrities and high-powered politicians sit during the […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 9:23 p.m. — Keynote? What keynote?
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer stole the show from former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.
If you’re going to watch a single speech from the convention by someone without the last name Obama, Clinton or Kennedy, this could be the one. […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 6:15 p.m. — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton LAW ’73 will speak here in about an hour, and, as with last night, all the attention is on his speech. We’ll be in the Pepsi Center to bring it live to you.
7:26 p.m. | “America must always be a place called hope,” […]

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DENVER, 6:07 p.m. — Representative Rosa DeLauro of New Haven addressed the Democratic National Convention today. One of a handful of House members to speak, DeLauro only had three paragraphs’ worth of time on the podium, but she made it count, challenging Senator John McCain on the issue of fair pay for women.
“The Supreme […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 1:27 p.m. — On Monday, in a recap of observations from my first full day at the Democratic National Convention, I wrote:
There is some good news: Yale did not name a provost today. When I was in New Hampshire, Yale made its big announcement about how it would spend more of its […]

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DENVER, 12:42 p.m. — Senator Amy Klobuchar ‘82 of Minnesota made her second appearance of the convention Tuesday, highlighting the economic struggles of the middle class in brief remarks during a segment focused on Democratic women serving in the U.S. Senate.
Klobuchar, who is in her first term, told delegates the story of her grandfather, a […]

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By Thomas Kaplan
DENVER, 12:37 p.m. — Representative Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of New Haven, will address the convention this evening. She is scheduled to speak along with several other members of the House of Representatives between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Mountain time.
Other speakers of interest to Elis include former U.S. President Bill Clinton LAW […]

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