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Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
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McCain Aims Message Beyond GOP Faithful
Arizona Phoenix Sen. John McCain, rising from the ashes of campaign failures past, formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination tonight at the Xcel Energy Center, clearing the way for a two-month dash to Election Day in his race with Sen. Barack Obama.
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By The Numbers: A Mission For McCain
When Sen. John McCain delivers his acceptance speech tonight, Republican political Insiders say they hope he will be able to convince Americans that he understands their economic problems, and that, if elected, his administration will not be the equivalent of a third term for President Bush.
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After '08 Elections, New Crew Of Members Might Guide GOP
With Democrats widely expected to gain seats and add to their majorities in the House and Senate, Republicans acknowledge they have work to do in rebuilding the party after the 2008 elections.
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With Eye On Washington, Xcel Seizes Convention Profile
No corporation is enjoying more exposure this week than Xcel Energy, the Minneapolis-based electricity and natural gas company that operates in states throughout the Midwest, Texas and Colorado.
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Best Buy Burnishes Ties With GOP In Minn. And Beyond
From citywide signage to event sponsorships, consumer electronics giant Best Buy had a major presence at the Republican National Convention this week. The company's 1.6-million-square-foot Richfield, Minn., campus is minutes away from St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center, and the retailer is seizing on its involvement here to tout its brand.
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Liberal Bloggers Find Room In St. Paul
Several blocks from Xcel Energy Center, in a quaint white cottage, progressive bloggers sit with fingers poised on keyboards, waiting to pounce. The televised primetime proceedings of the Republican National Convention are about to begin and this little house will become a raucous Web war room.
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Still Counting In The 5th
National Republicans have targeted freshman Democratic Rep. Harry Mitchell this fall in the Phoenix area 5th District -- but the GOP is going to have to wait at least a few more days to find out who their nominee is.
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Don't Count Him Out
He turns 70 next July, and he has held statewide office in Delaware for nearly three decades. But GOP Rep. Michael Castle isn't ruling out a bid to become a freshman senator if the state's senior senator, Joseph Biden, is elected vice president in November.
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Andrews Back In House Race
Three months after being defeated in a bid to oust Sen. Frank Lautenberg in New Jersey's Democratic primary, Rep. Robert Andrews today announced he is running for re-election to the House -- a reverse from previous statements that he planned to leave Congress if unsuccessful in his Senate bid.
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Choosing Tubbs Jones' Successor
The Cuyahoga County Democratic Committee will meet next Thursday in Cleveland to replace the late Democratic Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones on the November ballot. Tubbs Jones died of a brain aneurysm last month.
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Give Me Liberty
Libertarian presidential candidate and former Rep. Bob Barr knows that registering in the single digits in the polls doesn't exactly bring much media attention. No motorcade. No Larry King. No primetime convention speech.
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Convention A Bust
Local area merchants, once promised an economic boom by the influx of convention delegates and media, instead say they have seen their business decline this week as many customers have stayed away due to outbursts of street violence from fringe protest groups.
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Praise, To A Point
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware said today that his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, did "an incredible job" in her speech Wednesday night at the Republican convention.
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Fox Gets Supersized
While many media companies pared back in St. Paul due to industry-wide economic belt-tightening, Fox News supercharged its presence.
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One Last March
Several thousand anti-war protesters are expected to march outside the Xcel Energy Center tonight when Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., accepts the GOP nomination for president.
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Detroit Mayor Pleads Guilty And Will Resign From Post
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges today in a sex-and-misconduct scandal and will step down after months of defiantly holding onto his job. He was ordered jailed for 120 days and fined $1 million. He also will serve five years on probation.
Quick Work
(Sep. 4) - Convention organizers survey a new T-shaped stage built in the Xcel Energy Center overnight to bring a town-hall atmosphere to Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech tonight.
9/4/2008 PM Contents
- McCain Aims Message Beyond GOP Faithful
- By The Numbers: A Mission For McCain
- After '08 Elections, New Crew Of Members Might Guide GOP
- With Eye On Washington, Xcel Seizes Convention Profile
- Best Buy Burnishes Ties With GOP In Minn. And Beyond
- Liberal Bloggers Find Room In St. Paul
- Still Counting In The 5th
- Don't Count Him Out
- Andrews Back In House Race
- Choosing Tubbs Jones' Successor
- Give Me Liberty
- Convention A Bust
- Praise, To A Point
- Fox Gets Supersized
- One Last March
- Detroit Mayor Pleads Guilty And Will Resign From Post
