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Tuesday, September 02 2008, 06:28 PM GOP Leaders Resurface After Break For Storm The Republican National Convention will feature speeches by former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and, speaking via a video linkup from the White House, President Bush. 136 News Stories, 12 Liberal Blogs, 24 Conservative Blogs Post A Comment

legitgov Mccain Formally Nominated As Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain, a72-year-old senator from Arizona, was formally nominated for president by the Republican Party after delegates to the Republican National Convention voted to choose him as their standard-bearer on Wednesday.

Democratic National Committee: Blog Sorry Rudy Republicans are returning to a full schedule at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. The changes in the schedule, however, left Rudy Giuliani without a speaking spot. President Bush will speak to delegates via a satellite hookup. Former Sen. F

Think Progress Bush Equates ?angry Left? With North Vietnamese Torturers. Tonight in his address via satellite to the Republican National Convention, President Bush blasted Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) critics. Invoking McCain’s time as a POW in a North Vietnamese prison, Bush compared these torturers to members of the

Think Progress Number Of Times Bush Was Mentioned During The Rnc Last Night: 0. Not only did the speakers during last night’s Republican National Convention fail to discuss the economy at all, they never once mentioned President Bush. TPM Election Central searched the texts of the speeches and found no mention of the words R

Think Progress Michael Moore Responds To Lieberman. Yesterday in his address to the Republican National Convention, Sen. Joe Lieberman (R-CT) tried to demonstrate the “maverick” appeal of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) by invoking filmmaker Michael Moore. He said that “if John McCain is just ano

Think Progress Blacks Represent Just 2 Percent Of Gop Convention Delegates. There are just 36 black delegates at this week’s Republican National Convention, “fewer than 2% of the total and a sharp drop-off from 2004,” when 6.7 percent were black. At last week’s Democratic National Convention, 24.5 percent

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Mccain Wants More Tv Time The Republican National Convention resumes tonight, but GOP officials and strategists for Sen. John McCain 'acknowledged that the storm-shortened first day of the convention had cost them a valuable chance to present their case for Mr. McCain to voters, a

Brendan Nyhan Fred Thompson's Signature Move I'm not watching TV, but I know Fred Thompson is speaking at the Republican National Convention because my post on his throat-clearing is starting to get Google hits. (For the record, I was actually mocking media coverage of it.)

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Violence Outside The Convention Hall 'Police used pepper spray and flash bang grenades to disperse crowds on the streets of St. Paul Tuesday, as protests outside the Republican National Convention turned violent for the second straight day,' CQ Politics reports.

Democratic National Committee: Blog There He Goes Again There was a Phil Gramm sighting in Minnesota and it looks like he's back at it again, complaining about those pesky 'whiners' who lost their only home to foreclosure, or saw their job shipped overseas. 'If you're sitting here today, you're not economical

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Bush, Mccain Tangled Over Convention Appearance Sidney Blumenthal says President Bush was 'furious' at being bumped from speaking at the Republican National Convention.'The McCain campaign and the Bush White House negotiated terms that unfolded as a script over the past several days, several sources to

Think Progress Mayor, Media Silent On Fbi Raids Of Journalists And Protesters At Rnc. This weekend, Salon’s Glen Greenwald reported that protesters in Minneapolis in town for the Republican National Convention have been targeted by a series of police raids “involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic wea

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Little Green Footballs Republican Convention Thread 2 Here’s the Republican Convention schedule for today: President George W. Bush (via satellite) First Lady Laura Bush U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson (Tenn.) U.S. House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio) U.

memeorandum Bush To Speak To Republican Convention (sara Just/political Radar) Sara Just / Political Radar: Bush to Speak to Republican Convention — ABC's George Stephanopoulos reports: After skipping the opening day of the Republican National Convention to personally check the emergency response to Hurricane Gus

memeorandum Hundreds To Be Charged In Court After Rnc Protests (cnn) CNN: Hundreds to be charged in court after RNC protests — ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — Almost 300 people will be formally charged in Ramsey County District Court on Tuesday after they were arrested during protests at the Republica

The Politicker Lieberman Plays The Attack Dog The last speaker of the second night of the Republican National Convention was former Democrat Joe Lieberman. He was also the first speaker tonight to utter the words Barack Obama. He did not do so admiringly. Throughout his remarks, he contrasted Obama n

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run Now Playing At Reason.tv: Rep. Mike Pence (r-ind.) On Mccain, Prescription Drugs, And Campaign Finance Reform Reason.tv caught up to Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) at the Republican National Convention, who reminds us that John McCain was good on the Medicare prescription drug benefit (meaning he was against it) and terrible on campaign finance reform (it's named after

Rathergate.com Governor Palin To Speak Tonight Governor Palin will address the Republican National Convention in St. Paul this evening, and the media thinks she has clouds swirling around her head. She will give her address in prime time, at 10:30 p.m. EDT. “She will speak as a governor, a for

memeorandum Michael Moore Responds To Joe Lieberman (michael Moore) Michael Moore: Michael Moore Responds to Joe Lieberman — (Last night, during his primetime speech from the podium at the Republican National Convention, Senator Joe Lieberman made the following statement: “... if John McCain is ju

memeorandum Republicans To Highlight Mccain's Service (cnn) CNN: Republicans to highlight McCain's service — ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat, will tell the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night that Sen. John McCain “is the best choice to bring o

GayPatriot Fred?s Wowing Us Now The crowd is going crazy. I just leaned over to John Hinderaker and said I think he’s right; Fred’s blowing the roof off. On our presumptive Vice-Presidential nominee, former Senator Fred Thompson says: Some Washington pundits and media big s

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run New At Reason: Tim Cavanaugh On John Mccain And Immigration Reporting from the Republican National Convention, reason columnist Tim Cavanaugh looks at John McCain's chances with the GOP's anti-immigration hawks.Read all about it here.

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run Now It's Time To Say Goodnight... If there is any sort of spectacle more tedious than political conventions, I don't want to know about it. As the Republican National Convention comes to a close for today, you can give them this much: Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman, two pols whose intens

Thought Mesh Protestors And Circuses Check out this picture (via Just One Minute). It’s a lone policeman, knocked to the ground by a group of thugs at the Republican National Convention with lots of media in the circle. Just count the cameras. How many of them do you think would interv

memeorandum Gop Decides To Resume Its Convention (cnn) CNN: GOP decides to resume its convention — ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — The Republican National Convention, cut back Monday because of Hurricane Gustav's arrival on the U.S. Gulf Coast, will resume a full schedule Tuesday, conven

Patterico's Pontifications Republican National Convention, Day 2 [Guest post by DRJ] The second day, but the first full day, of the GOP Convention has begun. Feature speakers this evening will be former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, and reportedly a brief speech from President Geo

FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog Republican National Convention Schedule Of Events For Wednesday Since the national television news networks are not covering the Republican National Convention in any meaningful fashion, Flap will publish the schedule of events so the reader can view their favorite speakers on either cable news channels or C-Span.Wed

Wizbang Tonight's Convention Schedule I just received tonight's convention schedule in my email. Click to jump to view: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. * Video: 'Country First' - Narrator: Robert Duvall * Speaker: Jo Ann Davidson, Co-Chairman of the Republican National Committee and Chairman of

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run '68 Redux? Forgive the hyperbolic title and read on: St. Paul police fired chemical agents and projectiles into a large crowd of protesters outside the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night. Witnesses said the protesters marched from the grounds of the st

Mount Virtus Could It Be True: Rnc Bloggers Being Subjected To The Spanish Inquisition? Going to the Republican National Convention as a blogger never was really an option for me this year. But my friend and colleague El Presidente is on location and filing dispatches. Hadn’t heard any complaints really until I flipped over to Pajamas

memeorandum Bush Speech To Praise Mccain For 'courage And Vision' (carl Hulse/new York Times) Carl Hulse / New York Times: Bush Speech to Praise McCain for ‘Courage and Vision’ — ST. PAUL — President Bush praised Senator John McCain on Tuesday for his strong support in sending additional troops in Iraq, saying

'Okie' on the Lam The Mccain Campaign?s Smart Guy Is ? Real Smart! [H/t: Hugh Hewitt] Steve Schmidt, team McCain’s campaign manager really knows his stuff as showcased by the LA Times’ Andrew Malcolm: One by one, two by two, then in quick streams, reporters Monday noon rushed down a curtained corridor on the

The Politicker Conservative Bloggers Sleep In Minneapolis Bar Some credentialed conservative bloggers covering the Republican National Conventional are being housed in a downtown Minneapolis bar called Centerfield. ?We?re sleeping on the floors and bringing you the best blogging of the R.N.C. convention money can bu

The Right Fangirl The Rnc Drinking Game An interesting item brought to you by a pair of TV comedy writers. They also linked to the DNC version, so have a nice contrast/compare. You might be surprised or off-putted, like I was.Drink Up, My Friendsby Jeremy Bronson and Daniel ChunThe only Republi

Daily Pundit Best Eaten Cold CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Reid not happy with Lieberman?s speech « - Blogs from CNN.com ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) ? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was not happy with Sen. Joe Lieberman?s speech before the Republica