More than 84,000 attend Obama speech

More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech, city officials say.
Nancy Kuhn of Denver’s public works department says the figure is based on the number of credentials that were scanned as delegates, individuals and news media entered the football stadium where Obama was [...]

Poll Finds G.O.P. Field Isn’t Touching Voters

 Three weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Republican voters across the country appear uninspired by their field of presidential candidates, with a vast majority saying they have not made a final decision about whom to support, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Not one of the Republican candidates is viewed favorably by even half [...]

New Jersey Town Republicans Switch Parties

Bergen County became a slightly darker shade of blue this afternoon when the four Lyndhurst Town Commissioners, the city’s mayor, Richard DiLascio, and 24 of 30 Lyndhurst GOP Committee members, who were part of the Bergen County Republican Organization, switched their party affiliation from Republican to Democratic.

“It’s unprecedented and historic that an entire governing body [...]