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Better late than never, here's a complete index of all KnoxViews 2008 Democratic National Convention coverage. Might be a good antidote to this week's festivities.

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A progressive military blogger observes how the right-wing military blogosphere looks more and more like a Jonestown compound every day on the subject of Sarah Palin's command-and-control, and he tries a little deprogramming:

While this might be too early for jubilation, it certainly looks like the surprise selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin coupled with the DNC’s successful week of festivities gave Obama/Biden a well deserved bounce.

From the agency:

From Tapper:

After Wednesday night’s festivities ended, there was a minor elevator mishap at the Pepsi Center that involved Clinton, sources tell ABC News.

Katie left for Texas this morning at 4, and I am minutes away from starting my first ever night alone with the Bug.

R. Neal points out why not having a hard edge to last night’s festivities at the Democratic National Convention worked to the Democrats advantage:

Barack Obama has, as of yet, yielded no benefit in the polls from the festivities in Denver:

The Democratic National Convention has begun and the poll numbers are bouncing, but not in the direction that most people anticipated.

When I headed down to the Nashville Cream 2nd Anniversary bash at the Mercy Lounge on Saturday night, I was curious how the evening's theme was going to come off. The idea of local bands covering other local bands was clever, but you had to wonder if it'd come off like a private joke that most of the crowd weren't in on.