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Palin to take center stage as questions swirl (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:47 AM CDT AP - After two days of silence, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will step to center stage at the Republican National Convention to prove to delegates that she can help John McCain win the White House despite distracting questions about her family life and qualifications.

McCain trying to get back on script (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:53 AM CDT AP - Knocked off course by literal and political storms, John McCain is mightily trying to return to the route he originally mapped out.

Palin gets chance to fire back with speech (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:35 AM CDT AP - Sarah Palin can't say she wasn't warned.

Romney readies for White House run if McCain fails (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:33 AM CDT AP - Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for governor and won. Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for president and lost.

McCain and the politics of mortality (Politico) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:50 AM CDT Politico - ST. PAUL, Minn. — Since John McCain announced Friday that first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be his running mate, Democrats have been quick to point out that the 44-year-old governor cou ld soon be just “a heartbeat away from the presidency.” The veiled reference to McCain’s advanced age is hard to miss.

An evolving GOP approach to family values? (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:37 AM CDT AP - Dan Quayle struck a nerve in 1992 when he went after the TV series "Murphy Brown" by saying its depiction of a single mother was irresponsible and set a bad example for America. The Republican vice president said the fictional character was "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another `lifestyle choice.'"

GOP lawmakers now don't mind McCain made them mad (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:45 AM CDT AP - They used to bristle at the mention of his name. Now, current and former Republican members of Congress who battled John McCain in the chambers of Congress want to see him elected president.

St. Paul set for more politics and protests (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:02 AM CDT AP - Protests are again expected to mix with politics Wednesday in St. Paul as the Republican National Convention resumes at the Xcel Energy Center.

Palin has not pushed creation science as governor (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:38 AM CDT AP - As a candidate for governor, Sarah Palin called for teaching creationism alongside evolution in public schools. But after Alaska voters elected her, Palin, now Republican John McCain's presidential running mate, kept her campaign pledge to not push the idea in the schools.

Finally, at the Republican convention: politics! (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:37 AM CDT AP - A political convention is always a pageant, and this one is delivering.

Arizona Delegates Watch From Afar as Front-Runners Win Close Primaries With all the activity surrounding the Republican National Conv (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT CQPolitics.com - The vote tallies showed Sydney Hay, a state mining industry lobbyist and conservative activist, with a clear if narrow lead that appeared likely to hold up in the sprawling, northeastern 1st District.

Kirkpatrick, Hay to fight for House seat (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:22 AM CDT AP - A Democrat who raised a hefty amount of money and a Republican lobbyist who has never held elected office will battle each other in November to succeed embattled Republican Rep. Rick Renzi in Arizona's 1st Congressional District.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:16 AM CDT AP - Star or distraction? Palin takes center stage at Republican convention as questions swirl ... Lieberman to RNC delegates: John McCain is a reformer like Bill Clinton ... Addressing GOP delegates briefly and from afar, Bush lauds McCain on national security

Republicans try to capture spotlight in White House race (AFP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:38 AM CDT AFP - Republicans sought to send a jolt of energy through their White House campaign, as President George W. Bush threw his weight behind John McCain, saying he was "ready to lead this nation."

V.P. selection brings Focus on Family on board (Rocky Mountain News) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 01:05 AM CDT Rocky Mountain News - James Dobson went from not supporting John McCain to becoming an enthusiastic cheerleader for the Republican presidential ticket in six short months.

Ex-Democrat Lieberman slams Obama from Republican soapbox (AFP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 12:40 AM CDT AFP - But for a few hundred votes in the disputed 2000 election, Joseph Lieberman might just now be wrapping up eight years as Al Gore's vice president.

Police arrest 300 in anti-Republican rallies (AFP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 12:36 AM CDT AFP - Police used tear gas and chemical sprays to disperse hundreds of defiant protestors marching against President George W. Bush's policies outside the Republican convention site.

Bush gives McCain a boost on national security (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 11:54 PM CDT AP - It was supposed to be President Bush's glory moment in his party's spotlight, full of tributes to his eight years of leadership and cheers from grateful partisans, as he passed the mantle to his would-be successor.

Fighting to get control of convention (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2008 11:51 PM CDT AP - Republicans faced the same problem during the second night of their convention Tuesday as Democrats did a week earlier: trying to wrestle television networks for control of their story.

Lieberman calls Obama young, untested (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:43 AM CDT AP - Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential pick eight years ago, on Tuesday criticized his former party's nominee as an untested candidate unwilling to challenge powerful interest groups as both Republican John McCain and one-time Democratic President Clinton have done.

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