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Cops Nab 100 as RNC
Protest Turns Violent

Delegates inside convention asked to donate for Hurricane Gustav

Sep 1, 08 9:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police arrested more than 100 demonstrators outside the scaled-down Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., today, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. A crowd of 10,000 marched peacefully through 90-degree heat until bands broke off to smash windows and harass delegates. Police tossed tear gas and concussion grenades as... More »

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Laura Bush • Cindy McCain • protesters • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

Cindy McCain, Laura Bush Visit La. GOP Delegates

First Lady takes up campaign as Gustav idles delegates

Sep 1, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - With most Republican convention events postponed due to Gustav, Laura Bush and Cindy McCain made the case for the Republican ticket, the Chicago Tribune reports. At a breakfast meeting for the Louisiana delegation today, the first lady praised John McCain’s experience and engagement with foreign policy, and Cindy McCain... More »

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Republican • Laura Bush • GOP • Cindy McCain • first lady • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

OPINION

Cable News Was Biggest Convention Winner

Broadcasters cede historic role as political pundits

Sep 1, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic Convention made it official, writes Scott Collilns in the Los Angeles Times: The broadcast networks have passed the political torch to the cable networks. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC not only delivered “wall to wall coverage” compared to the broadcast nets' paltry hour of nightly programming. Their... More »

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NBC • cable TV • MSNBC • Democratic National Convention • Fox News • CNN • PBS • broadcasting • CBS News • ABC News • Republican National Convention

ANALYSIS

 Gustav: Risks, Rewards for GOP

McCain appears presidential; Repubs, compassionate

Sep 1, 08 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - For Republicans, the challenge of Hurricane Gustav's disruption of the party convention is to use it to their advantage without looking like political opportunists, writes Susan Page in USA Today. The cancellation of today's events offers risks and rewards—on the one hand, the loss of an evening of prime-time... More »

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John McCain • Hurricane Katrina • Republican Party • disaster preparedness • George W. Bush • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

McCain Cancels Most Events on RNC's Day 1

But GOP eyes Gustav as opportunity for Katrina redemption

Aug 31, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Hurricane Gustav bore down on the Gulf Coast today, John McCain announced a drastically curtailed schedule for the opening day of the convention that will anoint him his party's presidential nominee, CNN reports. But as organizers stripped a grandiose event down to the bare minimum, Politico reports that Republicans... More »

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John McCain • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • RNC • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

(Newser) - Reporters scheduled to cover the Republican convention are preparing to move fast if Hurricane Gustav wallops the Gulf Coast. Anchors Anderson Cooper and Geraldo Rivera are already headed for the storm, but hordes of journalists are stuck in St. Paul, Minn., where the RNC will start tomorrow unless it's postponed.... More »

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New Orleans • CNN • Fox • Anderson Cooper • St. Paul • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

 Bush to 
 Skip RNC 
 for Gustav Trip 

President to visit evacuees and workers in Texas

Aug 31, 08 1:06 PM CDT
(AP) - President George W. Bush will skip the Republican National Convention tomorrow and travel instead to Texas to meet with emergency workers and people who evacuated the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav bore down. He will hold off traveling to Louisiana, however, because he does not want to get in the... More »

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RNC • FEMA • evacuation • Gulf Coast • George W. Bush • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

(Newser) - Watch out, mainstream media: Bloggers have claimed a space of their own at this year’s Republican National Convention. All they got 4 years ago was a folding table for a dozen huddled writers; now more than 200 have credentials and an area to work in. Big-name anchors like Katie... More »

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presidential campaign • Democratic National Convention • blog • blogger • new media • press credentials • Republican National Convention

Gustav Throws GOP Convention Up In the Air

Bush unlikely to attend; McCain may speak from hurricane zone

Aug 31, 08 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Gustav will likely remove President Bush from the Republican National Convention and see John McCain delivering his acceptance speech from amid the rubble, if the “storm of the century” hits the Gulf Coast as hard as predicted. Convention officials have created a five-state working group to update and... More »

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John McCain • Hurricane Katrina • hurricane • George W. Bush • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

 Cops Bust
 'Anarchists'
 Before GOP
 Convention

Free-speech advocates blast action ahead of RNC

Aug 31, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota county cops raided protest organization sites to stop what authorities called an "anarchist plot" to disrupt the Republican National Convention. The police action triggered an angry response from activists and free speech advocates. Supplied with information from police infiltrators, cops battered down doors and busted five activists in... More »

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Minneapolis • St. Paul • protesters • Minneapolis-St. Paul • Anarchist Cookbook • Republican National Convention

OPINION

 Wacky Garb Key to Conventions


Aug 30, 08 8:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Political die-hards flock to conventions in outlandish costumes, temporary tattoos, and head-to-toe buttons—“as much red, white and blue as possible in a patriotic arms race,” Robin Givhan writes in the Washington Post. Yet these goofy fans are integral to the messy, democratic process—by making it... More »

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Democratic National Convention • audiences • body paint • convention • costume • Republican National Convention

GOP Watching Gustav to Decide on Convention

Mac says party won't celebrate if US is battling hurricane

Aug 30, 08 7:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - GOP leaders are monitoring Hurricane Gustav "from day to day" to decide whether to delay the Republican National Convention, John McCain said today. “It just wouldn't be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near-tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural... More »

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John McCain • Republican Party • disaster • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

 Ron Paul Fans
 Stage Their Own Party

Ronstock '08 a poke in the eye for the RNC

Aug 30, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Ronvoys" have begun converging on Minneapolis, where Ron Paul supporters plan to gather in a convention near to, but separate from, the Republican hullaboo in St. Paul. Nearly 10,000 anti-war, anti-taxes, anti-big-government, and pro-personal-liberties revelers plan to attend the Rally for the Republic, otherwise known as Ronstock '08,... More »

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Minneapolis • Ron Paul • Libertarian Party • convention • Republican National Convention

Palin 'Exactly Who I Need'
to Remake Washington: Mac

Alaska governor 'honored,' aims appeal at women displeased with Democrats

Aug 29, 08 12:59 PM CDT
(AP) - John McCain described Sarah Palin, his choice for vice presidential running mate, as "exactly who I need. She's exactly who this country needs to help us fight the same old Washington politics of me first and country second." McCain and Palin appeared together in Ohio on their way... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Democrats • prisoner of war • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Republican National Convention

Gustav May Delay GOP Convention

Storm could raise specter of Katrina, detract from McCain

Aug 29, 08 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans are considering delaying the start of next week's convention in Minneapolis if deadly Hurricane Gustav hits big, reports the Washington Post. The storm is on course to nail the Gulf Coast with full force early next week, and party officials don’t want America thinking about President Bush’s... More »

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John McCain • Hurricane Katrina • hurricane season • FEMA • Katrina aftermath • McCain 2008 • George W. Bush • Republican National Convention


 Fake Reporters
 Are Rock Stars
 in Denver

Quick turnaround and evasive guests make Stewart's life a little harder on the road

Aug 28, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - it's hard enough for the reporters swarming all over the Democratic Convention to score good interviews; fake reporters have it even harder. The Daily Show's correspondents are now such big stars they draw admirers—and hecklers—every time they try to record, USA Today reports. Which doesn't exactly help them... More »

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Denver • Democratic National Convention • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Minneapolis-St. Paul • Republican National Convention

 Dems Plan to Crash GOP Convention, Too

Campaign lays out anti-RNC programs

Aug 28, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - All's fair in the war between conventions, and the Democrats are readying their spoiling machine ahead of the GOP gathering next week, the Swamp reports. An Obama campaign operative’s email lays out the attack Dems will launch from their war room literally across the street from the RNC:
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John McCain • Democrats • presidential campaign • RNC • GOP • campaign • St. Paul • McCain 2008 • Republican National Convention

 Arnold May Skip 
 GOP Convention 

Governor says passing Calif. budget takes priority

Aug 27, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(AP) - When the Republican convention opens Monday night, its prime-time lineup could be missing one of its biggest draws: Arnold Schwarzenegger. The governor is vowing to remain in California if lawmakers can’t strike a budget deal, now 2 months overdue. And agreement seems unlikely, potentially costing Schwarzenegger a national platform... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • GOP • independent voters • Pete Wilson • Republican National Convention

GOP Looks to Rain on Convention Parade

Republicans aim to upstage rival; Dems plan to respond in kind

Aug 26, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The days of the parties giving each other a breather during convention week are long gone, the New York Times reports. As Democrats reveled in Denver yesterday, the Republicans began popping balloons--launching attack ads, holding press conferences underscoring the Clinton-Obama divide, and trotting their candidate out on the Tonight Show.... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Democratic National Convention • negative campaigning • Republican National Convention

OPINION

'Relic' Conventions to Host Huge Political Shifts

Obama, McCain both aim to redirect parties

Aug 23, 08 12:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The presidential nominees are already decided—so why have conventions? “Money and publicity," Bill Schneider writes on CNN. Gala events are prime opportunities to milk donors, and high visibility has led “both parties try to control every minute of the convention as if it were a television... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democratic National Convention • Election 2008 • party politics • Republican National Convention

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