Delaware Democratic Convention Open Thread

The convention is taking place right now in Dover. The convention has already brought us some the surprising news of Mitch Crane's endorsement. The rest of the convention will be devoted to selecting delegates to the National Convention in Charlotte later this summer. Then tonight, the Jeffereson-Jackson Dinner will be held, with Newark Mayor Cory Booker giving the keynote speech. Please use this thread for any more news, and as your open thread for the day.

Saturday Open Thread [5.26.12]

US President Barack Obama receives a painting of Air Force One from the US Air Force class of 2012 during their graduation ceremony at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May 23, 2012. By Jewel Samad /AFP/GettyImages.

Thursday Open Thread [5.24.12]

Here are some oldie but goodie negative cartoons about JFK. I love this kind of historical stuff, because it serves to remind us that, despite the popular notion that in the good old days Democrats and Republicans got along and did not hate each other, politics has always been nasty. In the election of 1884, charges of illegitimate children and affairs dogged Grover Cleveland. "Ma Ma Where's my Pa? Gone to the White House Ha Ha Ha."