Overheard at the convention

Speakeasy

John McCain’s got a great resume, he’s a POW. I’ve got a funny name.”

-Barack Obama, speaking on the stump on Tuesday about what the GOP’s line of attack against him will be

“Mitt Romney, he’s really a Motown guy. You never ask a Mormon, ‘What’d you do this weekend?’ Not that there’s anything wrong with doing nothing.”

–“Hardball” host Chris Matthews, speaking about Romney possibly helping John McCain carry Michigan as a VP nominee

“The Obama campaign is developing a ground organization that would make Karl Rove drool.”

–former Hillary Clinton pollster Geoff Garin

“Picking a vice president is a shotgun wedding.”

– House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emmanuel at a roundtable discussion Wednesday

“I think Tom Daschle would make a great president.”

-Historian Michael Beschloss, during the same discussion.

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