From left to right, Shadow Sen. Michael Brown, Dan Rather, Shadow Sen. Paul Strauss, Hayden Panettiere, Shadow Rep. Mike Panetta, and Melissa Fitzgerald. As promised, Dan Rather stopped by today’s voting rights luncheon hosted by D.C.’s shadow delegation in downtown Denver. The veteran journalist shook hands and posed for pictures, and though he didn’t make a speech to the crowd, he did answer a reporter’s question about D.C. voting rights by explaining that he…

I’m waiting for the luncheon to begin, and while I have yet to spot the actors scheduled to be here, Shadow Sen. Michael Brown says former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather might be on his way here as well. Rather and Brown know each other through a mutual friend, and the veteran newsman is a proponent of D.C. voting rights, according to Brown. The shadow senator said he couldn’t be sure Rather would make…

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. “I will always be grateful to everyone from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the territories, who joined our campaign on behalf of all those people left out and left behind by the Bush Administration,” Clinton said during her nationally televised address….