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Aug. 25-28, Denver
The Democratic
National Convention
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Full coverage of the selection of the 2008 Democratic nominee
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Sept. 1-4, St. Paul
The Republican
National Convention
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Full coverage of the selection of the 2008 Republican nominee
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- The story behind the Palin surprise
- Obama loses spotlight to new rival
- Palin, McCain differ on global warming
- Tricky balance: New, old politics clash
- Palin’s hubby and son not Republicans
- Obama's bounce
- Dems armed with Palin opposition
- Sen. Joe Biden (D-Scranton)
- Palin tough target for Obama to hit
- Scenes from the veep announcement
McCain surprises with VP pick
Senator John McCain stunned the political world yesterday by announcing that he had selected Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska to be his running mate, hoping the first woman on a Republican ticket will draw disaffected Democrats and independents while countering Barack Obama's message of change. (By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff)
- Shrouded in secrecy, decision was made at meeting Thursday
- Palin favors teaching creationism in schools
- photos Who is Sarah Palin?
- PHOTOS McCain introduces Palin in Ohio
- Reaction to McCain choosing Palin as running mate
- McCain's veep choice is historic and hardly known
News Analysis
Selection is a bold, but risky, political gamble
Like Walter Mondale in 1984, who put the first woman on a major-party ticket, John McCain, in choosing the second one yesterday, is looking for a game-changing moment, a way to persuade voters to look at him in a different light. (By Peter S. Canellos, Globe Staff)

JOAN VENNOCHI
A question of judgment
John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin is so gimmicky it stands to insult the very women he is courting.
- A valentine to evangelical base
- VIDEO ANALYSIS One maverick picks another
- MASS.VOICES Still a woman on the ticket!
Romney backers still hope he'll
get a Cabinet position
Supporters of Mitt Romney, disappointed that John McCain bypassed him and chose Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate, consoled themselves yesterday with hopes that Romney could still emerge as a top choice for a Cabinet position if the Arizona senator wins the White House. (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
Campaign Notebook
38 million turn TVs to Democratic convention for Obama's acceptance speech
Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people. (By Sally Cragin, Globe Correspondent)
Obama camp hits, then praises Palin
Barack Obama's spokesman fired off criticism of Republican John McCain's new running mate Friday, but then Obama himself quickly stepped in to congratulate her. (By Charles Babington, AP)
Day Four at the DNC
Spelling out the change
Senator Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination last night at an elaborate and exuberant stadium ceremony, using his historic moment to specify what his lofty promises of change would mean for ordinary Americans. (By Scott Helman, Boston Globe)
- Excerpts: 'We are a better country than this' | Comments
- VIDEO Watch the speech | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
- Sharp, aggressive jabs supplant soaring rhetoric
- Campaign, acceptance speech called the realization of King's dream
- Aftertaste less bitter than some feared
- Just blocks away, the party was far out of reach
- Some saw spectacular, others just spectacle
- Joy, tears, a sense of history in the making
- Video Cheers for Obama, memories of King
- Moveon.org declares drive to register 500,000 young voters
- TV reporters gush, give speech a rock star buildup
- Obama speaks of faith in America

PHOTO GALLERY
The scene at Invesco Field
Approximately 84,000 people packed into Invesco Field for the final day of the Democratic National Convention.
OPINION AND ANALYSIS
Fired up for the future
Presidential campaigns are about the future, and last night Barack Obama, whose nomination is already a part of American history, cast his gaze unambiguously ahead. (Boston Globe)
- Dan Wasserman Throat lump and fist bump
- Globe Editorial Campaigning after Katrina

Gore: 'It is time for a change'
"I believe in recycling, but that's ridiculous," Al Gore said in trying to link John McCain's policies to those of President Bush. (AP)

VP pick is shrouded in secrecy
Senator John McCain finalized his choice for running mate yesterday and then arrived in the battleground state of Ohio, where he plans to appear with his pick today at a noon rally. (Boston Globe)
Peter Canellos | Convention perspective
GOP attack dogs are taking
their best shots in VP derby
Yesterday was Tim Pawlenty's turn to rain on the Democratic parade. The Minnesota governor was in Denver to offer a GOP counterpoint to Barack Obama's big day. (Boston Globe)
MORE CONVENTION PERSPECTIVES
- Biden a working class defender
- Room for Kerry at State Department
- Fiery speech erases doubts about Clinton
- Obama needs to win working-class women
- In era of stagecraft, substance still matters

VIDEO
Green, or greenwashed?
The DNC bills this year's convention as the greenest ever. But that's not far enough for some activists. (By Dina Rudick, Globe Staff)
- Free hugs at the Convention
- Women speak out at the DNC
- Sound check with singer John Legend
- Delegates 'Hungry for victory' at convention
- Breaking down Day 1 at the DNC
- More video from the convention
MORE CAMPAIGN NEWS
- Palin's hometown residents hail choice
- Analysis: McCain choice impacts energy debate
- Husband of veep choice is snowmobile racer
- McCain's VP choice reassures evangelicals
- Today on the presidential campaign trail
- McCain's choice of running mate is hardly known
- Globe Editorial McCain's calculated choice
- Alex Beam The conventions: Good for a laugh
- Sarah Heath Palin
- The reaction
- McCain to spend advertising money in Minnesota
- GOP upholds delegate penalties against states
- Secrecy, surprise were goals of McCain's VP search
- McCain VP decision boosts book on Alaska governor
- Obama acceptance speech TV ratings far exceed past
- Palin candidacy raises eyebrows in Alaska







