Speakeasy and By the Numbers

Published August 25, 2008 4:00am EST



By the Numbers

17

Age of the youngest delegate  to the Democratic National Convention

91

Age of the oldest delegate to the Democratic National Convention

 

Speakeasy

 

“Republicans at a crossroads. Democrats way psyched. Rah, rah, sis-boom-bah–Obaaama. Yippee, sea change. Sea-water? Thirsty. Weary from rah-rah, loopy at altitude, cute delegate from Ohio sits alone at the bar. Can we buy her a drink? Yes we can.”

– Playboy magazine, doing its best to summarize this summer’s political conventions.