Senator Ted Kennedy died today after a long battle with cancer. I was fortunate to be on the floor of Madison Square Garden in the summer of 1980 when Kennedy delivered his concession speech to the Democratic National Convention. That speech was, I think, the high water mark of his career. He came very close…
Tag: Politics
The New Media Conventions
More than any other national political convention before it (and presumably the upcoming Republican National Convention won’t be much different), the just completed Democratic National Convention was the first full on new media convention. The speeches from the podium were broadcast live online with what seemed like some very powerful bandwidth, bloggers were everywhere, clips…