Senator Edward Kennedy has arrived in Denver and is scheduled to attend the Democratic National Convention tonight, but probably will not speak to the crowd. However, a video tribute to Teddy's career will air.......

DCist is in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, which kicks off tomorrow. DCist was too wiped out to attend last night's big Media Welcome Party at Elitch Gardens (though there's some evidence may not have gotten in anyway), but they can tell you that the city of Denver set off an impressive fireworks display over the big bash at around 9:30 p.m. Apart from the actual work of adopting a platform and officially......

The instant analysis of Senator Barack Obama's vice-presidential pick is that it's at least partially a defense against the perception that Obama is weak on foreign policy. Does newly newsworthy Senator Biden agree? Boston journalist Seth Gitell--who was Mayor Menino's press secretary from 2003 to 2006--unveiled some year-old but previously unpublished comments from the notoriously long-winded Biden when he was running against Obama for the Democrats' presidential nomination: I watched several presidents come in......

Barack Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate. More importantly, he notified supporters by text message. Why aren't we on that list? Barack, why won't you text us? We weep. As David Brooks says "I told you so." We don't think Obama-Biden has a great ring to it (too many b's?), but if nothing else, let's hope Biden sets the message straight about non-Confederate Delaware soon.......

Our junior Senator, John Kerry, was on a tour of Afghanistan yesterday when bad weather forced the helicopter he was in to make an emergency landing in a stretch of mountains. He had to wait for three hours, while protected by troops on the ground and a F-16 overheard, until a US convoy was able to take him back to an air base. Kerry was traveling with fellow Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Joe......

Democratic candidate for President, and current Delaware Senator Joe Biden will be at the Borders in Downtown Crossing at 11 AM signing copies of his autobiography, Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics. We love Biden for his firey discourse, foreign policy expertise, and pearly white smile. Just don't ask him about Barack Obama please. Picture of Joe Biden flashing his best politico grin from Wikipedia Commons......

This morning on NPR's Morning Edition the money race was quantified in numbers. Since it was NPR they needed something other than visual aids to make the point. What better way to make that point than to use music? The brothers Gibb classic “Staying Alive” was used, for every one second played the candidate indicated had raised $2 million dollars. For some of the candidates, like Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, and Bill Richardson the clips......

Tonight the State of the Union speech will be delivered in our nation's capital. While we're hitting the booze and playing the State of the Union drinking game, the media will talk about possible ramifications of the President's statements. But the focus has already started to shift from the current commander-in-chief to who's going to take over his job. The Democratic field of contenders is growing fast. Below you'll find Bostonist's guide to the field......