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...What is a Democrat like me doing at a Republican convention like this?" Leiberman asked rhetorically. "I'm here to support John McCain because country matters more than party...
...that's the nature of this year's race. The Republican nominee, John McCain, is in a battle for the last undecided voters, no more than 10 percent of the electorate, according to polls. And while they haven't yet chosen between McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, they've made up their minds on Bush. They don't like...
Protest artists had carved large ice sculptures on the capital grounds in St. Paul to read "democracy," to herald their cause and to heckle the Republican National Convention. By the time the demonstrations against the GOP were underway, however, the letters had melted into partisan illegibility, reading "democrat" or "democratic." Protesters later reached the triangular zone across the street from the Xcel Energy Center, where barbed-wire fences and riot police separated the boisterous Republican-bashing crowd from the few delegates inside...
...husband Todd's stepmother Faye Palin ran for mayor. She did not, however, get Sarah Palin's endorsement. A couple of people told me that they thought abortion was the reason for Palin not supporting her family member - Faye, they say, is pro-choice, not to mention a Democrat. A former city council member recalls that it was a heated race, mainly because of right-to-life issues: "People were writing BABYKILLER on Faye's campaign signs just a few days before the election." Faye Palin lost the race to the candidate that Sarah backed, Dianne Keller, who is still...
...speech fades quickly, the GOP is following it with speakers designed to overshadow the President. First, Fred Thompson, the popular Law & Order star and former presidential candidate, will try to fire up the crowd in St. Paul. He will be followed by Joe Lieberman, the self-described "independent Democrat" whom McCain flirted with for his running mate, ensuring a torrent of media coverage. By the time Lieberman, the former running mate for Al Gore, is done, Bush's eight minutes should be a dim memory...