Michelle Obama spoke to the Democratic Convention last night: “Barack doesn’t care where you’re from, or what your background is, or what party–if any–you belong to. That’s not how he sees the world. He knows that thread that connects us, our belief in America’s promise, our commitment to our children’s future, is strong enough to hold us together as one nation even when we disagree.”
Meanwhile, Republicans are attacking Hillary Clinton as she prepares to speak at the convention.
Fewer Americans are uninsured, largely because of expanded government-funded health care for children.
Elizabeth Edwards is blasted for keeping her husband’s affair a secret (!!?!): “She was too willing to keep the affair a secret to help John Edwards’ political ambitions, as well as her own.”
Russia further mucks up the situation in Georgia, by formally recognizing two of the breakaway “enclaves.”
And in breaking local news, Mayor Tom Potter has shaved his beard after a vacation.