Seated amid 100 international ambassadors at tonight's RNC was Nancy Brinker, the White House Chief of Protocol and ex-wife of Dallas restaurateur Norm Brinker. Ambassador Brinker was appointed by President Bush in 2007 to oversee diplomatic procedure -- accompanying the...
You could tell right away, just walking up to the Target Center for the highly anticipated Rage Against the Machine show, that the cops expected trouble. You could tell, by the way they lined up around the entire building in...
John McCain (onstage last night with Sarah Palin and her family) will formally accept his party's nomination as its candidate for president. His acceptance speech will conclude the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Speakers before the finale will include:...
I saw all of Sarah Palin's speech, heard almost all of Rudy Giuliani's, was working during Mitt Romney's and Mike Huckabee's. Did any of them mention their party's incumbent, two-term president? Even once? If so, please tell me. Photo: President...
Now she's hitting on the Washington Media Elite. The WME are evil, terrible people. They say mean things. They smell bad. Now the Texas delegates are yelling Shame on Them! Shame on Them! And excuse me while I put the...
Austin Bureau Chief Christy Hoppe will be sitting with the Texas delegation, offering real-time impressions as John McCain's running mate speaks. She'll be joined on the live blog by Carl P. Leubsdorf, our Washington bureau chief. Sarah Palin should...
Well this explains why all of St. Paul's tunnels have been shut down. The Department of Justice is reporting that a 23-year-old Michigan man was "charged last week in federal court for illegally possessing Molotov cocktails, which he allegedly intended...
Arlington police officers are putting their crowd-control expertise to work at the Republican National Convention. Lt. Blake Miller told DMN convention intern Katie Brindell that his department has deployed 34 officers to St. Paul, Minn., to help manage protesters, conventioneers...
This evening, Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate, delivers what could be the defining speech of her political career to date. It's been a rough week for Palin, her family, and her party. Tonight's prime-time appearance gives the former...
The Utne Reader is a digest of material from journals of "independent ideas and alternative culture" -- in other words, the lefty heirs to the Ramparts/Mother Jones/Berkeley Barb set. Utne has been tracking the protests outside the Republican National...
You've read his stories and columns and blog posts. Now, we bring you proof that Washington correspondent Todd J. Gillman is indeed a wacky, fun-loving guy. Either that, or we're all feeling very tired from the back-to-back slog of conventions....
Read more about Sarah Palin's arguments on the facts of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge here....
Well, maybe I was wrong and Republicans really do need to introduce Sarah Palin a little more. The party's co-chairman, Jo Ann Davidson, just referred to John McCain's running mate as "Sarah Pawlenty." Wonder how the first lady of Minnesota...
Sarah Palin will "go over great" with Republicans as the Alaska governor uses this week to introduce herself as John McCain's running mate pick. So says Dick Armey, the former House majority leader from suburban Dallas who was spotted...
In this story, Todd J. Gillman has further details on the Republicans' resumption of a full convention schedule tonoght. The convention's official Web site STILL says: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 Check back soon for updates...
As of 9:20 a.m., this is what it says under "Schedule" for today on the official Web site of the Republican National Convention: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 Check back soon for updates Roaming through the site, one gets the...
Just under 2-1/2 hours after opening the Day 1 session of the 2008 convention, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan has gaveled it to a close, without announcing what comes next. Even delegates remain in the dark. Evidently, party and McCain campaign...
Bill Crocker, RNC member from Austin, modeling the Texas Day 1 look The Texas Republican uniform today is blue denim shirt, cowboy hat. Not sure how that fits into John McCain's vision. "I want to thank my fellow Republicans...
First there was this. Then there was this. Now, here's definitive proof that the Dallas Republican congressman likes to get down: In the photo at right, he's introducing Sammy Hagar (yes, the Sammy Hagar) at a party for Southern Republicans...
The McCain campaign and the Republican Party have snapped to action in response to Hurricane Gustav. Of course, a campaign isn't a government. It's not quite even a shadow government. So as President Bush visits FEMA and makes plans to...
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