| Convention off to rocky start amid hurricane (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:18 AM CDT  AP - Republicans set aside the agenda to focus on hurricane relief in the opening hours of their national convention, only to see the scaled-back program for Day One overshadowed by jarring disclosures about the family and work life of John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin.
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| John McCain's vetter defends Sarah Palin review (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:36 AM CDT  AP - Sarah Palin voluntarily told John McCain's campaign about her pregnant teenage daughter and her husband's 2-decade-old DUI arrest during questioning as part of the Republican's vice presidential search.
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| GOP convention script goes straight to rewrite (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:35 AM CDT  AP - Republican National Convention script, Day One: Take your seats, 2:39 p.m. Call to order, 2:45 p.m. Recite the Pledge of Allegiance, 2:49 p.m. Singing of the national anthem by Miss Minnesota 2008, 2:52 p.m.
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| With no speeches, delegates focus on buttons (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:31 AM CDT  AP - The political red meat that was missing from speeches on Day One of the Republican National Convention managed to make its way into the convention hall on delegates' hats and vests.
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| Where are the GOP's Great Lakes governors? (Politico) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:37 AM CDT Politico - ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ten years ago, Republicans held governorships in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. |
| McCain fought money on teen pregnancy programs (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:28 AM CDT  AP - Republican John McCain, whose running mate disclosed that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, has opposed proposals to spend federal money on teen-pregnancy prevention programs and voted to require poor teen mothers to stay in school or lose their benefits.
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| McCain camp's detailed review of Palin (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2008 07:40 PM CDT  AP - Sarah Palin's path to the Republican ticket started with her name on a list and a team of some 25 people poring through public records searching for trouble spots without her knowledge. Then came the 70-question survey and a nearly three-hour interview.
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| Analysis: Politics creeps back into convention (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2008 06:37 PM CDT  AP - Hard to restrain, politics unmistakenly came creeping back into the Republican National Convention as Hurricane Gustav delivered a softer-than-expected blow on the Gulf Coast. As the storm winds died down, the political winds picked up.
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| Some turn violent in GOP convention protests (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2008 10:39 PM CDT  AP - Demonstrations near the Republican National Convention site turned violent Monday, as protesters harassed some delegates, smashed windows, slashed car tires and threw bottles. Police using pepper spray arrested more than 250 people.
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| GOP adopts rules, platform on both sides of McCain (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2008 05:37 PM CDT  AP - Republicans rebuffed their certain nominee Monday by endorsing a platform that goes further than John McCain in opposition to abortion rights.
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| Gustav shields McCain from Democrat barbs (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 04:28 AM CDT  Reuters - Not only is Gustav slowing Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's big convention party, it also is sparing him from Democratic criticism that his election would amount to a third Bush term.
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| Some New York officials worry about voting access (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:05 AM CDT AP - Cliff Perez is legally blind and would like to vote without help this fall. Instead, he will have to count on his wife's assistance with New York's ancient pull lever machines, rather than use brand new $12,000 voting devices designed to give independence to the disabled. |
| Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:49 AM CDT  AP - Republican National Convention off to rocky start amid hurricane, running mate distractions ... McCain's veep vetter says Palin voluntarily disclosed teen's pregnancy, husband's past DUI ... First Lady Laura Bush, Cindy McCain, ask GOP delegates to put politics aside, help victims
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| Republican convention in the eye of a storm (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:48 AM CDT  AFP - A subdued Republican convention opened, blown off course by Hurricane Gustav and revelations that the teenage daughter of vice presidential pick Sarah Palin is pregnant.
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| Marchers urge Republicans to halt Iraq war (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 02:32 AM CDT  AFP - They came in their thousands -- veterans, grandmothers, young families and even disgruntled Republicans bearing banners and peace flags, and calling in one voice to end the war in Iraq.
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| Scrutiny engulfs McCain's VP pick (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 12:39 AM CDT  AFP - A flurry of personal and legal revelations battering Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin Tuesday raised new questions about John McCain's risky running mate pick.
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| McCain Turns Sour on His Onetime Media `Base' as Election Nears (Bloomberg) Posted: 01 Sep 2008 11:01 PM CDT Bloomberg - Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The longtime love affair between John McCain and what he once called his ``base'' -- the national news media -- is on the rocks. |
| Republicans urge more drilling in energy blueprint (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2008 10:44 PM CDT  AFP - Republicans adopted a blueprint calling for stepped up petroleum drilling and refinery construction in the "most aggressive" energy policy in the party's history.
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| Laura Bush, Cindy McCain ask help for victims (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:22 PM CDT  AP - With their plans for opening day of the Republican National Convention dashed, first lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain instead appealed to GOP faithful to donate time and money to those caught in Hurricane Gustav.
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| Republican VP pick Palin hires lawyer over Alaska inquiry (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:17 PM CDT  AFP - Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin has hired a private lawyer to represent her in an investigation that she abused her powers as Alaska governor, her office confirmed Monday.
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