Denver: Day 1 - My Michelle

It was a day of Michelle mania, bitter Clinton supporters, an emotional call-to-arms from the Senate's venerable Dem, Caroline's great bone structure, and brain drilling?

Sounds exciting, right? Well, one of the party's most prominent insiders doesn't see a "message." Ouch. Wait. Is the bald-headed one correct? Possibly. When you barely have a lead, shouldn't you have a clearer message? The giant projection screen behind the stage should have three bullet points that reflect what Dems want to do. Show those bullet points over and over again. Have the speakers incorporate those bullet points into their speeches. Yeah, it's a cheap soundbite, and it looks like something that Republicans would do, but, you want to win, right? Rocky Mountain...sigh.

My Michelle had the spotlight on Monday night. According to WSJ, she had an appetite for "reintroduction." Like her? Thank Oprah.

Hillary's on deck for Tuesday night.

In preparation for Biden's Wednesday night speech, Reason's David Weigel explains what to love and loathe about Delaware's talky pol.

WVPC will be back with coverage of day two.

First and only headline featuring Biden. Mitt warns of the "religion of secularism."

The television at Wevoteprocat headquarters has difficulty with NBC. Therefore, it makes my Meet the Press experience sometimes less than enjoyable. The poor reception rendered Giuliani almost unbearable. Or was it the reception?

Sen. Joe Biden elaborated on the CIA tape destruction and reminded voters that he's still running for president. On foreign policy, he's the best candidate. Dem, Republican, Indy, or Cat, you can't argue with that. Newt Gingrich also made an appearance and reminded us why he shouldn't be president.

Face the Nation featured Chuck Hagel talking about the same tapes.

On Thursday, Mitt had has JFK moment. Well, that is if JFK's moment wasn't mesmerizing and failed to captivate voters. Although he did blab this doozy: "freedom requires religion." Really? Well, I'm fucked. Anyway, I have no problem with Mtt's religion. I have a problem with the fact that he's a robot. His other zinger: "Americans tire of those who would jettison their beliefs, even to gain the world." Well, I think they should have grown exhausted over a moderate Republican governor of a notoriously liberal state who abruptly shifted his beliefs to capture votes in a GOP presidential caucus. Certainly, they would tire of a guy like that.

Oprah also packed a stadium in South Carolina. However, Mark Halperin isn't convinced of its importance. As much as I miss Halperin at The Note, he seems too wonkish to convincingly assess America's voting patterns:

"American voters are not looking for a celebrity or talk show sidekick to lead them. Obama is an intelligent and thoughtful potential President, but Winfrey's imprimatur is unlikely to convey those traits to many undecided voters."

Uh, Americans do want a sidekick or celebrity to lead them. 40% of Oprah's viewers don't brush their teeth unless Oprah says it's cool. Suddenly, a washed up TV actor like Chuck Norris is a major endorsement. Fred Thompson is in this race because he was in Days of Thunder and Law and Order. Mark, I love them as much as you, but the voters are really that shallow.

Late Night Blog Hit

I'm about ready to retire for the evening, but the big O endorsement went down as planned: Housewives flock to Oprah, drag husbands along.

I'll have coverage of Romney's religion speech and Rudy on the Meet the Press tomorrow afternoon.

Wevoteprocat out.

Black Wednesday

It's the day before Thanksgiving, and who knew the Beltway would be so hot!

- Clinton and Barack take issue with the others experience.

- Oprah will make an Iowa pilgrimage soon. She's stumping for the tall cool one.

- Speaking of Iowa, Huckabee is on the rise. Walker Texas Ranger speaks and Iowans listen.

- Ron Paul is a GQ Man of the Year? Ron, please tell your supporters to bathe, find jobs and get out of their parents' basement. For those of you who haven't followed Paul, he's probably the best story of the campaign. Although he's a recent media darling, he isn't without a checkered past. It's a somewhat murky story that Paul denies, but it hasn't slowed down his campaign. He's drawing the "leave my guns, stash and porn alone" crowd.

- Let's look back to 2004. Brittney and Kfed were still going strong. I didn't have four cats. And a guy with a long face, which the White House and White House Communications director Rush Limbaugh described as French, tried to tell America he was one of them. Well, according to his running mate, it was more of like a Bogus Journey than an Excellent Adventure.

- Will cats decide the next election? Don't take their vote for granted, America.