In This Issue:

- Special Edition -Democratic National Convention

- Democrats Succeed in Charlotte

- Conventions Post Mortem - A Choice or a Referendum?

- Energy Policy at the Party Conventions

- Both Party Platforms Emphasize the Importance of Trade - But Differ Significantly in Specifics and Tone

- Democrats and Taxes

- Bill Clinton - The Maestro Returns

- Moving America Forward: 2012 Democratic National Platform

- Excerpt from Democrats Succeed in Charlotte:

Last week’s Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, was all that President Obama and the Democratic party could have wanted. The 4-day cheerleading session went off without a hitch apart from a few exceptions....