At political conventions, where every word and gesture have been scripted, reviewed and revised, the motley collection of red, white and blue tailcoats, Uncle Sam top hats and other forms of aesthetically displeasing get-ups are as necessary as the gavels, the speeches and the power brokers flinging…
August 2008
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A ballot initiative on abortion in South Dakota this November could lead to a series of court challenges and ultimately to the Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, antiabortion activists say.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
In 1984, Walter Mondale’s choice of Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate shattered a glass ceiling as old as the republic, thrilled feminists and helped create a gender gap among voters that has aided Democrats ever since. That was 24 years before another woman, Sarah Palin, was named to a national…
Sat 30 Aug 2008
McCain Picks Alaska Governor; Palin First Woman on GOP Ticket
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DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 29 — Sen. John McCain confounded conventional wisdom Friday by announcing first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, a decision that guarantees that either an African American or a woman will ascend to the White House for the first time in history…
Sat 30 Aug 2008
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 29 — John McCain’s advisers predicted weeks ago that the presumptive Republican nominee would use his national convention week to try to recapture his image as a maverick reformer and shake up the presidential race. He did just that Friday with his surprise choice of Alaska Gov….
Sat 30 Aug 2008
Sat 30 Aug 2008
Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is an ethics reformer under an ethics investigation that is plowing through private domestic matters.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - If Democrats hoped to paint Republican John McCain a pawn of Big Oil, their task has become a bit more complicated with the selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - Barack Obama’s audience for his acceptance speech likely topped 40 million people, and the Democratic gathering that nominated him was a more popular television event than any other political convention in history.
Sat 30 Aug 2008
AP - There’s no room at the Xcel Energy Center for maverick Ron Paul, so his acolytes have packed their cars, hitched rides on “Ronvoys” and will pitch tents at Ronstock ‘08 in Minneapolis in defiance of next week’s GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.