James Carville is spotted jogging; Terry McAuliffe is busy hawking

DENVER — Plenty of longtime Hillary Clinton friends and supporters are here; this is, after all, a Democratic Party that they no doubt still dream about reclaiming. But at a party gathering of, by and for Barack Obama, the Clinton loyalists tend to have some time on their hands.

So it shouldn't have been surprising that as the Pepsi Center -- the epicenter of the Democratic National Convention -- bustled with activity earlier today, and several Obama aides, all nattily attired, attended to various chores and exuded importance, political strategist James Carville could be found a mile or so away, wearing a T-shirt and shorts and jogging on the downtown pavement.

Carville was in full stride, looking lean and not-so-mean. The Ticket decided not to disturb him.

But who should we encounter just a few minutes later, inside the Colorado Convention Center (NOT to be confused with the Pepsi Center)?

None other than Terry McAuliffe, the always exuberant former chairman of Clinton's failed presidential  bid, sitting at a table hawking copies of the book he wrote before the 2008 campaign: "What a Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators and Other Wild Animals."

McAuliffe hastened to assure us that convention delegates and other party activists had been asking for copies of the autobiography, and that the hardback editions were being offered at the cut-rate price of $10 (which included his autograph).

Business, he also reported, had been brisk.

— Don Frederick

Comments

[Sean]

I know they are desperate for Party Unity, but we do not have to support a candidate we do not believe in. Despite the media and party's love of this man, he is not the best man for the job.

Until the right candidate is presented to us, I as a Democrat, am going to wait.

www.mccain08clinton12.com

[CC]

No you don't have to do anything you don't want to do. But the whole world has been very patient in letting disappointed voters complain and whine about not getting their way.

It's time to either get on board the Obama-bandwagon, or be quiet and out of the way.

Seriously.

[scootmandubious]

CC c'mon, these posts are more and more obvious.

Sean, you are no Democrat. You are, to me, a Republican plant.

To say, before the convention, that Obama is not the best man for the job, and somehow McCain is, is not something a true Democrat would say before at least listening to his positions and platforms...and this would be the week to do it.

Any alleged Hillary supporter knows that Obama is extremely close to Clinton on virtually all the substantive issues. McCain would alter the Supreme Court and get Roe v. Wade reversed, among the many highlights. And that is just for starters.

As for character, I am curious which part of McCain's character makes him the man?

His volatile temper? The published account of him calling his wife the C-word?

Was it his being a part of the Keating 5 scandal? Or mayhaps, was it ditching his first wife, who was disfigured in an accident, for the prettier, younger and wealthier Cindy? Or maybe it is the fact that his record on veteran's issues are about as low as the veteran's groups could possibly go.

Dopey me, I actually thought that supporting the troops actually meant caring what happens to them when they return.

Than again, maybe it was the fact that he spent more than 5 years as a POW. This doesn't make him a "war hero." You may want to examine his performance as a POW to see why.

Yes, McCain is the man...if you are a Republican. McCain is not the equivalent of George Bush.

He is worse.

[Carol]

You cannot be seriously thinking about compromising the next four to eight years because your ideological favorite isn't the nominee. Though we heard plenty of personality differences in the primary, we didn't hear political or ideological differences. To think that the Democratic party would somehow implode once again (as in 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 2000 and 2004) for no other stupid reason than an overlong temper tantrum, is incredible!!!! I'm a caucasian middle aged woman who may or may not admire Hillary Clinton, but I damn sure wouldn't let my spoiled brat ways help elect another Republican. John Mccain is smarter than George Bush. That's the only good thing I can say about him.

[scootmandubious]

CC c'mon, these posts are more and more obvious.

Sean, you are no Democrat. You are, to me, a Republican plant.

To say, before the convention, that Obama is not the best man for the job, and somehow McCain is, is not something a true Democrat would say before at least listening to his positions and platforms...and this would be the week to do it.

Any alleged Hillary supporter knows that Obama is extremely close to Clinton on virtually all the substantive issues. McCain would alter the Supreme Court and get Roe v. Wade reversed, among the many highlights. And that is just for starters.

As for character, I am curious which part of McCain's character makes him the man?

His volatile temper? The published account of him calling his wife the C-word?

Was it his being a part of the Keating 5 scandal? Or mayhaps, was it ditching his first wife, who was disfigured in an accident, for the prettier, younger and wealthier Cindy? Or maybe it is the fact that his record on veteran's issues are about as low as the veteran's groups could possibly go.

Dopey me, I actually thought that supporting the troops actually meant caring what happens to them when they return.

Than again, maybe it was the fact that he spent more than 5 years as a POW. This doesn't make him a "war hero." You may want to examine his performance as a POW to see why.

Yes, McCain is the man...if you are a Republican. McCain is not the equivalent of George Bush.

He is worse.