Republican National Convention

RNC Strives To Be The Greenest Convention In GOP History

Politico | Dennis Lien | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green

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In the race for greenness, Republicans are picking up the pace for their upcoming national convention in St. Paul. Think hybrid electric trucks deliv...

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Should Journalists Skip The Conventions Entirely?

Slate | Jack Shafer | Posted 08.14.2008 | Media

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With just one exception over the last three decades, the two major parties have known the identity of their likely presidential candidate weeks or eve...

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W&W: The Other Convention: How Will Republicans Show Up Barackstar's PoliticoPalooza?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home

Yes, Obama is everywhere, and we know the Democratic National Convention is going to be huge. But what about that other convention with, you know, the...

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Newspapers Cut Back On Convention Coverage

Forbes | Brian Wingfield and Joshua Zumbrun | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

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Washington, D.C. - Forget April. For bean counters at financially troubled newspapers, August is the cruelest month. Their budget-stretching began wi...

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Enthusiasm Gap Plagues GOP Convention

Politico.com | Richard T. Cullen | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

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While excitement is building for a Democratic Party convention capped by Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech before a sold-out, 75,000-seat foot...

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Democratic And Republican Conventions Vow To Be Greener Than Ever

Kate Sheppard | Posted 08.11.2008 | Green

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Both the Democratic and Republican national conventions have pledged to go greener this year. And they've drawn mockery for their efforts -- particularly the Democrats.

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GOP Still $10 Million Short For Scaled-Back Convention

LA Times | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics

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Republican Party officials have developed a well-deserved reputation for planning evermore extravagant national conventions, each built on the party's...

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Give Peace a Chance at the RNC in St. Paul!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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As an artistically and musically-based gathering, we're hoping to set the Guinness World Record for a creative human peace sign -- that is, if we don't get the quantity, we'll go for quality!

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Rage Against The Machine Playing Twin Cities During RNC

Pitchfork Media | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

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Days after Rage Against the Machine's Lollapalooza set threatened to become a riot, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune's website has reported [via ...

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The Intelligence Community: Our Retarded Giant

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

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It won't be your grandmother's hippie protest at the DNC -- this time around, the police presence will be huge, suspicious activity will be loosely defined and cataloged in a huge national database.

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Endangered GOP Senators Afraid To Be Seen At Convention

National Journal | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Nine of 12 targeted Republicans running in the most competitive Senate races this fall are either skipping the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn...

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Fashionably Politic - Team Nanette Lepore/The Creative Coalition

Paige Donner | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

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Nanette Lepore began her dress design company in 1992 with $5000, a degree from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology and a dream. Her gross sal...

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African-American TV Channel Won't Cover GOP Convention

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — TV One, the cable network aimed at African-American viewers, will cover Barack Obama's nominating convention but is ignoring John McC...

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GOP Desperate For Convention Volunteers

Star Tribune | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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Officials putting on the Republican National Convention are looking for a few thousand more good men and women to lend a helping hand during the conve...

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GOP Convention Concerns Include Pigeon Dung, Homeless

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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Viewed through the loving gaze of the television cameras, the modern Presidential Convention appears to be a riveting pageant of our democratic proces...

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Ron Paul Plans Mini-Convention During GOP Convention

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | David Brown | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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Maverick GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has booked an arena in Minneapolis for a "mini-convention" that could steal some of John McCain's thunder...

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RNC Bloggers Better Be Wired

The Uptake | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home

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Planning on using your laptop to blog the Republican National Convention? Plan again. There will be 15,000 members of the media packed into the event and wireless will be crippled beyond use.

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The New Zell Miller: The Democrats Need To Boot Joe Lieberman Before The Conventions

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.21.2008 | Home

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Lieberman will likely blackmail the Democratic party come convention time, which is why he should have been thrown on his keister years ago, before he was in a position to boost the Republicans.

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NFL, NBC To Reschedule Season Opener Due To McCain Convention Speech Conflict

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 03.25.2008 | Media

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The National Football League and NBC will likely move up the time of the league's September season opener so it won't conflict with presidential nomin...

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Cross Your Fingers for our "Peace Island" Picnic Permit!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

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Let's hope a miracle occurs and the St. Paul Park officials grant the permit request to hold our "Peace Island" picnic on the final day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

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Minnesota Police Stock Up On Tasers Before Republican National Convention

Minnesota Monitor | Andy Birkey | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

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The St. Paul Police Department is requesting 230 Tasers to outfit the all of the department's officers with the electroshock weapon, Fox 9 News report...

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Sex Workers Say They Get More Business From GOP Conventions

Rocky Mountain News | Daniel Chacon | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Political tricks may not be the only ones turned during the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August. The sex and adult entertainment ind...

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What Did She Study in High School?

William Fisher | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

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The Perino deficit strikes me as emblematic of much that's wrong in the Bush administration.

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RNC Throws Gates Open To Bloggers, Independent Media

Minnesota Monitor | Andy Birkey | Posted 12.05.2007 | Home

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More than 600 media representatives, photojournalists and bloggers from across the nation -- and, in some cases, around the world -- gathered at the X...

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