Some D.C. politicians say they're miffed by what they perceive as a snub against the District of Columbia by Sen. Hillary Clinton during her marquee speech at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night. more ›

So you didn't make your way to Nissan Pavilion yesterday evening to hear Sen. Barack Obama launch his national campaign as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president (and give VP nominee watchers a lot to chew on by gushing all over Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, as captured in the YouTube video above). And you didn't get invited to Sen. Dianne Feinstein's house to eavesdrop on Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton's secret meeting last night. But you've got one last chance to witness the bitter end of the Democratic primary season in person: on Saturday at noon, Clinton is hosting a big event for her supporters at the National Building Museum, where she'll officially express her support for Obama. more ›

When a friend emailed to invite me to cover this past weekend's DNC protests, I had blogger visions running through my head of life-size puppets, patchouli and lots and lots of yelling. Sadly, it seems like most of the good stuff happened inside the hotel, where the protesters weren't supposed to be and I didn't try to go. But I've got your boring, ill-attended protest round-up anyway, complete with pictures of as much of the crazy as I bothered trying to document. more ›