Nick O'Malley
Nick O'Malley is the United States correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Unmarked death site amid Vegas mysteries
Nick O'Malley It is easy to see why there are conflicting stories about how John McCarthy came to die at dawn on Sunday morning at the Flamingo casino in Las Vegas.
Mesmerising speeches, and still deadlock
Nick O'Malley AT A BRIEFING for the foreign media in Tampa last week the Republican lobbyist Grover Norquist sounded a little cranky when asked why his party could not bring itself to find a compromise over debt...
Obama's plea: If you want change, stay with me
Nick O'Malley Accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency, Barack Obama rouses his audience with a defence not only of his record and his plans for a second term, but of the very role of...
Obama spells it out for second term
Nick O'Malley President Barack Obama said voters face a choice between two ''fundamentally different visions'' for America and vowed to continue his fight to ''restore the values that built the largest middle...
Love still all around as Clinton bats for Obama
Nick O'Malley CHARLOTTE, North Carolina: Bill Clinton made it look easy. The old pro, the most popular politician in the land, wandered onto the stage and amiably acknowledged an ear-splitting explosion of love.
Vermin wants a pony for every family
Nick O'Malley Vermin Supreme, 'The Friendly Fascist', talks about the policies he hopes will land him the US Democratic nomination.
A first lady's prerogative to steal the limelight
Nick O'Malley Before she had even left the stage, the first lady had changed the conversation at the Democratic National Convention.
'Mom in chief' says Obama is a man to trust
Nick O'Malley US first lady Michelle Obama has praised her husband in a prime-time Democratic convention speech as a "man we can trust" to revive the country's weak economy as president.
Michelle Obama practises what she'll preach on hubby's big day
Nick O'Malley, Charlotte, North Carolina Michelle Obama did a walk-through of the stage where she will deliver her crucial speech today, headlining the first day of the Democratic National Convention - Barack Obama's unofficial campaign...
First lady to point to Obama's humanity
Nick O'Malley MICHELLE OBAMA did a walk-through of the stage where she will deliver her crucial speech today, headlining the first day of the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama's unofficial campaign...
New media battleground challenges convention
Nick O'Malley In the US election, the implications of online campaigns are still becoming apparent to the parties, not to mention the vast vulture industry that feeds on the whole circus.
Swings and bumps on the long Obama trail
Nick O'Malley BARACK OBAMA has begun a swing through four key states over four days en route to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he will accept his party's nomination in a speech at the Democratic convention on...
Obama sets off on the 'road to Charlotte'
Nick O'Malley, Charlotte, North Carolina Barack Obama begins a swing through four key states en route to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he will accept his party's nomination this week at the Democrats' convention, marking if not the...
Getting to know Romney: will Americans like what they see?
Nick O'Malley TAMPA, Florida: In the tone of a wise and forgiving father Mitt Romney has given permission to the millions of people who voted for Barack Obama four years ago to unite with Republican true believers...
Heat on Romney in election speech
Peter Foster and Nick O'Malley, Tampa Mitt Romney was set to deliver a make-or-break speech to America early today putting himself forward as the man who can revive the world's largest economy even as a new poll showed him to be the...
Republicans warm to running mate Ryan
Nick O'Malley It was good enough. Paul Ryan did not provoke the same geyser of excitement that Sarah Palin did four years ago, but in the most important speech of his life the new Republican vice-presidential...
Hits and Mrs as Ann Romney steals Republican hearts
Nick O'Malley Ann Romney, the wife of the Republican Party’s new candidate, Mitt, stole the heart of the Republican National Convention in Florida by telling the audience she wanted to talk about love, not...
Republicans celebrate Romney's nomination
Nick O'Malley RAW VISION: Mitt Romney has finally been nominated as the Republican Party's candidate at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. Phone vision.
Romney gets Republican nod for president bid
Nick O'Malley Republicans have nominated former Massachusetts Govrenor Mitt Romney for president, culminating a long primary fight and setting the stage for a close contest against President Barack Obama.
Republicans roll out the big guns for Romney
Nick O'Malley, Tampa The Republican Party today will put the spotlight on two of its best performers as it works to reintroduce to the American people Mitt Romney, his wife Ann and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
