Republican National Convention

Sarah Palin: Our First Woman President?

Adele Stan | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Adele Stan

Palin's speech was not meant to inform or inspire her audience -- it was meant to call down the force that will re-ignite the culture wars of the late 20th century. And so it did.

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Seth Colter Walls

Female Clinton Supporters In Focus Groups See Talent, Mudslinging In Palin's Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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In two different focus groups of Clinton-supporting Nevada women -- married and unmarried -- conducted immediately after Gov. Sarah Palin's Wednesday ...

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Why the Republican Convention Is Like Burning Man

Jessica Olien | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Jessica Olien

Watching the Republican National Convention tonight, I realized that it has eerie similarities to another gathering which makes my skin crawl: Burning Man.

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Jason Linkins

Shorter RNC Day Three: "Death To Community Organizers!"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Community Organizing, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Republican National Convention, Community Organizers, Community Organizer, Politics News

You know, one of my great fears about John McCain's approach to national security is that he shows nary a whit of interest in busting out the ol' Goog...

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Saint Sarah Beats Expectations in Saint Paul

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

In contrast to Obama whose selection of Joe Biden was smart and important in shoring up the Obama Team's gravitas -- Palin has been set up by McCain to be a new kind of 21st century "saint."

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RNC Day Three: Palin's Provocations

Nicholas Brown | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home

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Nicholas Brown

The game continues to be about goading with half-truths, overstatements, and provocations. Was Palin's speech energizing? Yes. We are energized alright, livid, ready to throttle something, anything.

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Buck Up, Media. If You're The Enemy, You're Finally Doing Something Right

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Sarah Palin, who has spent less than a week in the media spotlight and has thus far made herself completely unavailable for interviews, is blasting the media with both barrels, deriding them for daring to cover her.

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Your Evening Vlog, Brought To You By Our Sponsor, The CNN Grill

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Here is the latest installment of the Morning Vlog Except We Hate The Word Vlog, captured in the falling light of dusk before the glowing neon of the ...

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Jason Linkins

Alex Jones, Conspiracy Maven, At The RNC

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Here's a little behind-the-scenes flavor from the Republican National Convention. On one side, gravel-voiced radio host Alex Jones. On the other, ad...

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My RNC Suggestion: Marry Bristol Palin And Her Baby Daddy LIVE Onstage!

Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Lee Stranahan

Senator McCain, thanks for bringing the circus to town. You've already knocked Obama so far out of the news cycle that he now seems to have all the si...

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"I Just Think I'm Gonna Barf."

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"Oh, I just think I'm gonna barf...."-- Marge Gunderson (Francis McDormand), from Fargo   I open today with that Fargo quote for many reasons. T...

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Send This to Your Republican In-laws!

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 10.04.2008 | Business

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Frances Moore Lappe

Over the last six decades, whether rich or poor, everyone has done better with Democrats in the White House.

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Meghan McCain's New Book: "My Dad, John McCain" (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Last night we went to the launch party for Meghan McCain's new children's book, My Dad, John McCain, all about her dad's life story and rise to be the...

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Seth Colter Walls

Thompson Infanticide Distortion Advances Anti-Obama Smear

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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As Josh Marshall noted last night, former Sen. Fred Thompson appears to have picked up on the infanticide smear against Barack Obama. During his spee...

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My First Convention: Joel Stein

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Time and LAT columnist Joel Stein, who is a God to people in their twenties and thirties, talks about his first convention, why he's shy around Tom Br...

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Lieberman's Partisanship Paradox

John McQuaid | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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John McQuaid

Lieberman's convention speech was a partisan speech cloaked in bipartisan rhetoric. All politicians are egotists, but Lieberman seems to have retreated into a kind of narcissistic cocoon.

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A Connection of Disconnects

Mary Lyon | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

One certainly can't say that the Republican Convention doesn't bring divergent individuals together. Sometimes, they're the strangest of strange conve...

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The Moose Bull Party of St. Paul

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

With reckless abandon Tuesday night, both Thompson and Lieberman made every rhetorical effort to shake down the audience -- tossing reality and facts to the four winds.

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McCain's Macaca Moment

Larry Gellman | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Larry Gellman

Seldom is there a seismic event that causes an otherwise competitive race to become a landslide overnight.

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Jason Linkins

GOP Co-Chairwomen Jo Ann Davidson Makes A Freudian Slip

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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A few minutes ago, my inbox began to swell with scuttlebutt from the convention floor, which The Politico's Jonathan Martin was quick to confirm: Tou...

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My First Convention: Ana Marie Cox

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Time and CQ Politics contributor, original Wonkette and current vlog star Ana Marie Cox, talks about her first convention, learning to love political...

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Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night and enth...

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GOP Platform: No Gays in the Military

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Aubrey Sarvis

"Don't Ask Don't Tell" is not an issue of one party versus another. It's a matter of military readiness and what's best for the country.

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From "Mr. Gravitas" to "Miss Congeniality"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Republican National Convention, Vice President Choice, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Cheny Palin, Miss Congeniality, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The choice of Sarah Palin must really rub Dick Cheney the wrong way because it makes him and his gravitas act all these years nothing but a big joke.

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HuffPost's GameChange Luncheon Panel At RNC (VIDEO & PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

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On Monday in St. Paul, the Huffington Post hosted a luncheon panel on how the new media are impacting the 2008 presidential race. Titled "Game Change...

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