Brodner points to the Denver that democrats won't see

PUMA's unite: Detail of Steve Brodner's illustration from the first day of the Democratic National Convention. (click for original)On the first night of the Democratic Convention, the cable networks have declared that the Hillary Clinton war has begun, at least according to New Yorker artist Steve Brodner.

"With nothing else to report on (as they saw it)," Brodner says on his blog, "the loudest voices were not those of Kennedy or Michelle Obama, but the really big story: themselves."

He seems to echo the thoughts to Newsweek's Howard Fineman, who said to Chris Matthews, "The dangerous situation for Obama is that there are thousands of reporters with nothing better to do than find a PUMA to talk to."

Brodner suggests that the news media could have chosen to cover the real Denver as Bill Moyers did on Friday night. Here's a preview of the show he refers to.

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