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T.W. Farnam reports from St. Paul, Minn., on the Republican convention. Antiwar activists are moving forward with a midday protest march Monday in St. Paul. They hope to attract 50,000 protesters, making it the largest demonstration planned while Republicans gather for their national convention. The march is scheduled to begin at the state capitol and end at the convention site, where most activities have been canceled on Monday because of Hurricane Gustav. “We’re marching against the war an

Sunday Meeting, September 14 Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Room 408 Colloquy: Love. Virginia Arnold presides. Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Rooms 507 & 508 Sunday Meeting - 11:15 a.m. - Auditorium Barack Obama and the Prospects for a Post-Racial America Dr. Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs Curt Collier and Anne Klaeysen preside The 2008 presidential election is the most crucial national election since 1968, when the deaths of Dr. Martin Luthe

What does it say about John McCain that he not only picked the least experienced Vice Presidential nominee in America's history, but picked someone he really didn't know? Departing so far from any normal concept of appropriate background, he should at least have had a sense of why this individual is so special. Meeting Palin once at a Republican governors' conference and having a single phone conversation on the eve of her selection just doesn't pass muster--particularly for the oldest presiden

The suspense over John McCain’s selection of a running mate is now over. While Governor Palin is unknown to many of the beltway pundits and talking heads I think she is going to resonate well with the people of Alabama. Her down to earth people skills and experience as an outdoorsman make her someone who people in Alabama will be able to relate to. To begin with the 44 year-old Governor will compliment McCain’s reformist politics well. She rose to prominence in Alaska by taking on t

Last Friday morning, I dropped the girls off at school, and headed to the gym for a quick work out. I belong to a very small gym, with five elliptical machines. All the machines were being used by women, including myself. We all had headphones on, and were watching the television prompt in front of us. The breaking news came on around 9am PST. Senator McCain was about to announce his Vice President candidate. We turned towards each other, smiled, and kept the workout going. You can bet

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There are just layers upon layers of irony and stupidity packed into this article. So much that, to use Will’s phrase, it makes my balls hurt. See, in the first place, we have campaign manager Rick Davis (who we’ve already established is a few bricks short of a load) making the bizarre claim that Obama is playing politics right now, while McCain isn’t. I suppose that making it a big point that your opponent is playing politics, saying, “Look at what happened today — did Barack Obama attack Joh

Washington, Sep 1 (DPA) Hurricane Gustav Sunday played havoc with Republican Party plans to nominate their presidential candidate as US President George W. Bush dropped a speech scheduled for Monday. As Gustav bore down on New Orleans with expected landfall in the early morning hours Monday, Senator John McCain, 72, said most Republican convention activities in St Paul, Minnesota would be suspended Monday. McCain is to be nominated at the convention, which runs from Monday to Thursday. McC

Washington, Sep 1 (DPA) One of John McCain’s biggest challenges between now and November’s general election will be exactly how to use his Republican compatriot George W. Bush - an unpopular two-term president who still appeals to the party’s conservative base. President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are scheduled to speak Monday night at the Republican Party’s nominating convention in St Paul, Minnesota. It will be one of only a few high-profile appearances Bush has made since March

Good afternoon, Netizens... The Republican National Convention will convene tomorrow, as planned, but today Rick Davis, Campaign Manager for the John McCain Campaign stated in a press conference a short time ago that only the business aspects of the convention will be conducted tomorrow. Due to Hurricane Gustav, all other convention business, including roll call, have been temporarily suspended. Davis stated that he could not make “any commitment past 5:30 tomorrow afternoon” due to the unpred