 McCain, Obama compete for 'change'
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Republican U.S presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain speaks during day four of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center on in St. Paul, Minn.
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McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change'
ST. PAUL, Minn., 7:43 a.m. Sept. 5 (AP)
Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.
Within hours of accepting the Republican nomination, McCain sent an e-mail appeal for donations arguing that he and running mate Sarah Palin stood for reform in Washington. He also denounced “Democratic operatives” whom he said “have stooped lower than anyone could have imagined.”
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Tony Krvaric, chairman of the San Diego County Republican Party, reports from the Republican National Convention S-O-L-I-D: Senator McCain's speech was the embodiment of the meaning of CHARACTER, INTEGRITY and DOING THE RIGHT THING. I summarize it in one word: S-O-L-I-D. Whether you agree with him or... The Man In The Arena: John McCain is giving the speech of his life! The climax of the convention!...
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Sept. 5
Speech mixes his past with presidential plans: John McCain has never been able to compete with Barack Obama when it comes to oratory, a reality he demonstrated again last night. But while his rhetoric may have been more workmanlike than soaring, McCain leaves St. Paul more competitive than he was where it counts – in the race for the White House.
Sept. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Alaska's 29 delegates are suddenly most popular for media: Who's the hottest interview in St. Paul this week? Apparently, anybody from Alaska.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 5:43 a.m. Sept. 5 (AP)
Arrests mark last anti-war march of convention: Percussion grenades, tear gas and nearly 400 arrests marked the final anti-war march during the Republican National Convention. More than 800 arrests were reported during a week of sometimes peaceful, sometimes violent dissent.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 4:07 a.m. Sept. 5 (AP)
Palin's lawyer has already questioned 2 witnesses: The lawyer for Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, is moving swiftly to head off the controversy known as “Troopergate.”
7:11 a.m. Sept. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Sanders to speak at lunch on managed competition: SAN YSIDRO: The San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce is hosting a special luncheon today featuring Mayor Jerry Sanders. ST. PAUL, Minn., 8:29 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
McCain's bipartisan appeal: Not merely a Republican. Not merely a candidate. John McCain cast himself as a leader for all Americans, regardless of party or status. ST. PAUL, Minn., 7:36 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Cindy McCain praises husband as leader, father: Cindy McCain praised her husband at the Republican National Convention in an speech that hailed him as a straight talker and a father who by example has passed on his love of country and values to his children. ST. PAUL, Minn., 5:36 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Obama raises $10 million after Palin speech: Barack Obama's presidential campaign said it raised $10 million Thursday following the Republican National Convention speech by rival John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin. ST. PAUL, Minn., 3:02 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Analysis: Palin more than her resume – much more: Being a mayor of 9,780 is nothing like leading 305 million. Living next to Russia does not make you a foreign policy whiz. And presidential competence is rarely measured in square miles. WASHINGTON, 3:22 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
McCain's hero aura inoculates him against critics: How dare you say that about John McCain, war hero? That, in so many words, is the line of counterattack coming from Republicans who only four years ago dismissed the war service of another decorated Vietnam veteran with his own story of bravery. 3:40 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Americans get to know once-obscure Alaska governor: Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized. LOS ANGELES, 2:03 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Barbara Boxer calls Palin an extremist: Sen. Barbara Boxer says Sarah Palin's acceptance speech for the Republican vice presidential nomination was “laced with ridicule” and calls the Alaska governor an extremist. MINNEAPOLIS, 2:48 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Palin swings at Obama: Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Thursday blamed supporters of the Democratic presidential ticket for spreading “misinformation and flat-out lies” about her and her family. NEW YORK, 2:49 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
More than 40 million people see Palin speech: More than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to hear vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to voters.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., 2:02 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Biden to vigorously challenge Palin on issues: Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said Thursday that he will vigorously challenge his Republican counterpart Sarah Palin on the issues, but will refrain from personal attacks.
YORK, Pa., 1:42 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Obama says GOP avoiding issues on voters' minds: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republicans at their national convention are attacking him to avoid talking about the sagging economy and housing problems that voters care about.
WASHINGTON, 1:13 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Lieberman risks payback from Senate Democrats: Senate Democrats hinted at payback Thursday for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups in a prime-time Republican National Convention address.
SACRAMENTO, 12:44 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Schwarzenegger: Palin delivered 'fantastic' speech: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday said Sarah Palin hit a home run with her acceptance speech for the Republican vice presidential nomination.
12:34 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
A look at speakers for Thursday's GOP convention: Major speakers scheduled for Thursday's final session of the Republican National Convention. The GOP nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, is set deliver his acceptance speech.
12:24 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
GOP convention schedule for Thursday: A schedule of speeches and program activities for Thursday's Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.:
ST. PAUL, Minn., 12:11 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
102 arrested after GOP convention's third night: Police arrested 102 protesters in downtown Minneapolis early Thursday following a concert by the rock group Rage Against the Machine, raising to more than 400 the number arrested in demonstrations related to the Republican National Convention.
Sept. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Controversy over vetting could be part of clever GOP ploy: If the two unquestioned inevitabilities in life are death and taxes, a third could be that when a presidential candidate picks a running mate hardly anybody has heard of, the news media are going to find out everything there is to know about that person.
Sept. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Ask the candidates: South Bay Union School District: Age: 65 Residence: Nestor
ST. PAUL, Minn., 7:08 a.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Few minorities on GOP podium: The Republican National Convention showcased a Native American color guard, a black preacher and video footage of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, all part of its effort to present the GOP as a picture of diversity. What it hasn't offered is many minorities speaking from the podium in prime time, or sitting among the delegates.
WASHINGTON, 6:10 a.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Environmentalists can't corral Palin: At the National Governors Association conference where she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a threatened species.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 5:44 a.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Cindy McCain parts with Palin on abortion, sex ed: The wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain doesn't agree with vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's opposition to abortion in cases of rape and incest.
MINNEAPOLIS, 4:18 a.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Michigan man accused of planning anti-GOP attack: Federal prosecutors have charged a Michigan man as part of what they say was a scheme to use Molotov cocktails to attack the main arena for the Republican National Convention.
WASHINGTON, 12:08 a.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Alaska National Guard faces personnel crisis: The Alaska National Guard, which Republicans are pointing to as an important national-security credential for vice presidential choice Sarah Palin, has personnel shortages that make its aviation units the most poorly staffed in the nation.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 8:37 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)Attacks, praise stretch truth at convention: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth. ST. PAUL, Minn., 8:18 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Palin casts herself as Washington outsider: Greeted by thunderous applause, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin presented herself to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, and millions of Americans watching from home, as a small-town outsider ready to join John McCain's ticket in waging “a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for our country.” ST. PAUL, Minn., 8:05 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Also-rans go to bat for McCain: Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York during the Sept. 11 attacks, said Wednesday night that Barack Obama and the Democrats “are in a state of denial” about the threat of terrorism against the United States. ST. PAUL, Minn., 4:34 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Analysis: GOP contradicts self on Palin family: People: Make up your minds. For two days, the chorus from Republicans on TV news and in the halls of the convention has been resounding: Back off and let the Palin family be. “That's out of bounds,” said Minnesota's Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty. “There's no need to be intrusive and pry into that.” NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio, 2:50 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Obama says economic issues will decide election: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, pouncing on a top Republican aide's claim that the campaign is not about issues, said Wednesday that John McCain is trying to run away from his party's bad economic record. MINNEAPOLIS, 1:39 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Giuliani: Palin's time as mayor qualifies her: Rudy Giuliani maintains that Sarah Palin is ready to lead the nation partly because she has managed a city, an argument that looks like comparing oranges to a Big Apple. WASHINGTON, 2:03 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Lieberman on Obama: then and now: Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman cast Democratic nominee Barack Obama as untested and inexperienced during his GOP convention speech this week. Two years ago, Lieberman offered a different take on Obama. ST. PAUL, Minn., 2:40 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
McCain's ex-rivals throw out the red meat: Republican convention speakers leveled withering attacks on Democrat Barack Obama as soon as a hurricane-driven cool-off period passed, notwithstanding John McCain's oft-stated impatience with politics as usual.
WASHINGTON, 12:45 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Lieberman rallies GOP, writes check to Democrats: Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman may have lined up with Republicans at their convention in Minnesota to support John McCain, but he's still writing six-figure checks to help Democratic Senate candidates.
12:35 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Timeline: A look at how Palin compares to Obama: Supporters of Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin argue her experience tops that of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Here's a look at some major achievements in the lives of both:
ST. PAUL, Minn., 12:15 p.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
THE EDGE: John McCain's to-don't list: There's no shortage of items on John McCain's to-do list for the fall campaign. How about a to-don't list? Five AP reporters offer suggestions.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 11:55 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Analysis: McCain camp plays sexism card for Palin: John McCain's campaign could be panicking or politicking with its claim that sexism lies beneath any questions about Sarah Palin's past.
11:52 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
A look at speakers for Wednesday's GOP convention: Major speakers scheduled for Wednesday's session of the Republican National Convention. Sen. John McCain of Arizona is set to become the party's presidential nominee.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 10:26 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
McCain hugs Palin upon his arrival in Twin Cities: From the moment he stepped off his campaign plane, John McCain's arrival in the Twin Cities for the Republican National Convention was a family affair.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 8:10 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
GOP convention protest arrests tally nearly 300: Police arrests tally nearly 300 following sometimes violent confrontations this week, and more protests were planned for Wednesday and Thursday, the final two days of the Republican National Convention.
Sept. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Unusual credential for vice president's job - bagging a moose: So just what are Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's qualifications for the second-highest office in the land?
Sept. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Navy SEAL, pastor from San Diego are featured: The Republican National Convention paid tribute last night to Michael Monsoor, the Coronado-based Navy SEAL who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in April by President Bush for selfless heroism in Iraq.
Sept. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Goldsmith touts Democratic support in race with Aguirre: SAN DIEGO – Superior Court Judge Jan Goldsmith says he's running for San Diego city attorney to remove politics from the office.
Sept. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
For the record: A New York Times News Service story published Friday on Page A1 incorrectly reported that Sen. Barack Obama referred to the “failed presidency of George W. Bush” in accepting the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Although that was in his prepared remarks, he changed the reference to “failed policies” when he delivered the speech.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 12:53 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
McCain trying to get back on script: Knocked off course by literal and political storms, John McCain is mightily trying to return to the route he originally mapped out.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 12:45 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
GOP lawmakers now don't mind McCain made them mad: They used to bristle at the mention of his name. Now, current and former Republican members of Congress who battled John McCain in the chambers of Congress want to see him elected president.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 12:38 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Palin has not pushed creation science as governor: As a candidate for governor, Sarah Palin called for teaching creationism alongside evolution in public schools. But after Alaska voters elected her, Palin, now Republican John McCain's presidential running mate, kept her campaign pledge to not push the idea in the schools.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 12:33 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Romney readies for White House run if McCain fails: Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for governor and won. Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for president and lost.
WASHINGTON, 7:47 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)Bush extols McCain's candidacy to delegates: President Bush promised Tuesday that the nation would be safer with John McCain as president, saying his impressive life story and sound judgment make the Arizona senator the man Americans need to follow him in the White House. ST. PAUL, Minn., 8:08 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
Thompson raps Obama, recounts McCain bio: Fred Thompson, the actor turned politician, recounted the harrowing story of John McCain's captivity as a Vietnam prisoner of war to tout the presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention and criticized Democrat Barack Obama's support for abortion rights.
WASHINGTON, 4:53 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
Campaign money hurts Palin's outsider image: GOP vice presidential pick Sarah Palin accepted at least $4,500 in campaign contributions in the same fundraising scheme at the center of a public corruption scandal that led to the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 7:53 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)Palin offers details about Troopergate: John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has asked the state's personnel board to review allegations that she improperly ordered the firing of the former public safety commissioner.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 2:30 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
Palin's husband was member of third party: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, twice registered as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a fierce states' rights group that wants to turn all federal lands in Alaska back to the state. Sarah Palin herself was never a member of the party, according to state officials.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 4:34 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)Palin's pork requests confound reformer image: John McCain touts Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a force in his battle against earmarks and entrenched power brokers, but under her leadership the state this year asked for almost $300 per person in requests for pet projects from one of McCain's top adversaries: indicted Sen. Ted Stevens. ST. PAUL, Minn., 4:36 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
Hundreds protest poverty, homelessness as GOP meet: A heavy police presence, with many officers in full riot gear, stood ready Tuesday as some 2,000 people protested poverty and homelessness near the Republican convention arena. ST. PAUL, Minn., 4:54 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
Despite no-show, Palin wows conservatives: Conservative Phyllis Schlafly criticized John McCain's campaign Tuesday for canceling Sarah Palin's appearance at a sold-out Republican National Coalition for Life reception. WASHINGTON, 2:22 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
Lieberman gets McCain convention spotlight: Republicans relegated President Bush to a brief, offsite cameo at their national convention Tuesday night and awarded one-time Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman a prime-time speaking slot as they courted millions of independent voters essential to John McCain's presidential hopes. WASHINGTON, 2:04 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
Analysis: Bush pivots back to politics: Well, that was fast. Just one day after Hurricane Gustav lashed the Gulf Coast with much less intensity than first feared, President Bush pivoted back to politics on Tuesday. WASHINGTON, 12:10 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
McCain fought money on teen pregnancy programs: Republican John McCain, whose running mate disclosed that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, has opposed proposals to spend federal money on teen-pregnancy prevention programs and voted to require poor teen mothers to stay in school or lose their benefits. WASHINGTON, 1:00 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
McCain's Obama-Palin comparison falls short: Republican presidential candidate John McCain says his vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, was already an experienced government official while his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, was working as a community organizer. DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., 1:10 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
In Florida, Biden touts record on Israel: Sen. Joe Biden assured older Jewish voters Tuesday that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will be strong on protecting Israel, which he said is less secure now than when President Bush took office. BLOOMINGTON, Minn., 1:47 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
Romney 'not disappointed' at missing McCain ticket: Mitt Romney said Tuesday he was “not disappointed at all” at being passed over for the Republican vice presidential nomination, but also said he wouldn't be interested in a Cabinet post in a McCain administration.
MINNEAPOLIS, 12:02 p.m. Sept. 2 (AP)
Hundreds gather for Ron Paul rally in Minneapolis: Hundreds of people unhappy with the two major political parties offered a noisy endorsement Tuesday of Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas congressman whose failed bid for the Republican nomination for president garnered heavy support on the Internet.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 6:29 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
With no speeches, delegates focus on buttons: The political red meat that was missing from speeches on day one of the Republican National Convention managed to make its way into the convention hall on delegates' hats and vests.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 6:22 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Laura Bush, Cindy McCain ask help for victims: With their plans for opening day of the Republican National Convention dashed, first lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain instead appealed to GOP faithful to donate time and money to those caught in Hurricane Gustav.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 6:06 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Some turn violent in march to GOP convention: Demonstrations near the Republican National Convention site turned violent Monday, as protesters harassed some delegates, smashed windows, slashed car tires and threw bottles. Police using pepper spray arrested more than 50 people.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 5:40 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
McCain camp's detailed review of Palin: Sarah Palin's path to the Republican ticket started with her name on a list – and a team of some 25 people poring through public records searching for trouble spots without her knowledge. Then came the 70-question survey and a nearly three-hour interview.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 5:31 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Day of stunning Palin disclosures: John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, said Monday her 17-year-old unmarried daughter was five months pregnant, the latest in a string of disclosures that left the McCain campaign defending his choice and the thoroughness of the background check of the little-known Alaska governor.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 4:37 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Analysis: Politics creeps back into convention: Hard to restrain, politics unmistakenly came creeping back into the Republican National Convention as Hurricane Gustav delivered a softer-than-expected blow on the Gulf Coast. As the storm winds died down, the political winds picked up.
DETROIT, 4:37 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Obama curtails campaign to watch Gustav: Barack Obama urged hundreds of thousands of supporters Monday to donate to the Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Gustav. The Democratic presidential nominee scaled back Labor Day speeches to unions in an effort to keep the focus on the Gulf Coast.
SCRANTON, Pa., 4:23 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Biden, in Pa., lauds blue-collar roots in Scranton: Sen. Joe Biden, campaigning in his boyhood town of Scranton with his 91-year-old mother Monday, gave voters a short course on the political climate as he grew up, saying that “to be Irish was to be Catholic was to be Democrat.”
ST. PAUL, Minn., 3:37 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
GOP adopts rules, platform on both sides of McCain: Republicans rebuffed their certain nominee Monday by endorsing a platform that goes further than John McCain in opposition to abortion rights.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 3:32 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Palin hires attorney for Troopergate investigation: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP vice presidential candidate, is being represented by an attorney in the investigation into the firing of her public safety commissioner.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 3:14 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
First ladies implore delegates to donate: First Lady Laura Bush has told Republican National Convention delegates that America's priority has shifted to those in Hurricane Gustav's path, rather than politics.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 2:53 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
McCain raises $47 million in August: Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised at least $47 million in August, his biggest haul of money so far and a sign that he is dispelling doubts about his campaign among conservative donors.
LINO LAKES, Minn., 2:37 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Opinions vary at church that shuns politics: The message from the pulpit was “Wine, Water and Worship” – with no mention of the other “W,” George W. Bush.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 2:22 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Palin says daughter, 17, is pregnant: John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, said Monday her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant, an announcement stealing even more thunder from McCain and a Republican presidential convention already overshadowed by Hurricane Gustav.
TOLEDO, Ohio, 1:18 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Tell Joe Biden no, he'll try it twice: Don't tell Joe “no.” Joe Biden, the Democrats' vice presidential pick, has shown in his first days back on the campaign trail that he will not be managed. He will not stick to the script, he will not blindly adhere to the speech and he certainly won't muzzle his biting wit.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 1:03 p.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
THE EDGE: McCain's dilemma: What about Bush?: One big question for John McCain: What to do about President Bush, still the 800-pound elephant in the Republican Party. How does McCain show he's his own man without offending party members loyal to Bush, one of the most unpopular presidents in history? Four AP reporters offer quick takes on the McCain-Bush dynamic, during the campaign and, perhaps, beyond.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 6:04 a.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Analysis: When the best politics is no politics: With Hurricane Gustav chugging toward the Gulf Coast and New Orleans bracing for its impact, the time for contentious politics at the GOP convention is over. Now, it's time for ... more subtle politics.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 5:54 a.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Troopergate could dog Palin on campaign: Troopergate. It's a political he-said, she-said that has dogged Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for nearly two months and is likely to do so for another two months leading to the Nov. 4 presidential election.
ST. PAUL, 12:33 a.m. Sept. 1 (AP)
Amid toned down convention the parties go on: With Hurricane Gustav spinning toward landfall, lobbyists, corporations and industry groups are scrambling to put a solemn face on their glitzy GOP convention parties and still revel with big donors, delegates and members of Congress.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 2:24 p.m. Aug. 31 (AP)
Critics: Palin used 'Bridge to Nowhere' for gain: Gov. Sarah Palin was for the so-called infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” before she was against it, a change of position the GOP vice presidential running mate conveniently ignored Saturday when she bragged about telling Congress “thanks but no thanks” to the pork barrel project.
2:20 p.m. Aug. 31 (AP)
Obama deals gently with Palin on equal pay issue: TOLEDO, Ohio –Barack Obama seems to have only one problem with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president: She holds the same positions as John McCain, the GOP presidential candidate who tapped her.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 1:35 p.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
McCain hopes to reclaim reformist mantle: John McCain will try to reclaim his reformist image at a Republican National Convention tightly scripted to put some distance between the conservative presidential candidate and his party's unpopular standard-bearer, President Bush.
MINNEAPOLIS, 2:12 p.m. Aug. 31 (AP)
McCain to fly delegates to Gulf Coast: Republican John McCain's campaign chartered a plane Sunday to fly some Gulf Coast delegates home from the party's convention and evacuate the families of others to Minnesota in light of Hurricane Gustav.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 1:56 p.m. Aug. 31 (AP)
GOP cites Palin's skill, but how relevant is it?: Wait, now, say the Republicans. You think that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lacks experience? You think that at 44, with less than two years running the nation's northernmost state, she doesn't have what it takes yet to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 31 U-T SACRAMENTO BUREAU
State bill would be a blueprint for growth: California is on the verge of initiating a historic rewrite of local planning laws, fusing for the first time the issues of urban growth and global warming.
Aug. 31 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Unwelcome mat won't be waiting for Bush:The good news for President Bush this week is that nobody is waiting until he has written his speech just to rescind his invitation to the Republican National Convention.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 31 U-T SACRAMENTO BUREAU
GOP offers up alternative budget; Senate stays in session this week: Anti-tax Republican legislators, blamed for what will soon be a record two-month state budget deadlock, answered their critics yesterday, proposing an alternative budget balanced without a general tax increase.
DAYTON, Ohio, 3:34 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
McCain taps Alaska governor for VP: Republican John McCain introduced first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate Friday, a stunning selection of a little-known conservative newcomer who relishes fighting the establishment.
WASHINGTON, 3:14 p.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Analysis: Palin could complicate energy debate: If Democrats hoped to portray John McCain as captive to the oil industry, their task became more complicated with his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 3:09 p.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Dem ad: McCain 'doesn't get it' despite Palin: As John McCain pushes the new Republican presidential ticket of McCain-Palin, Democrat Barack Obama is promoting another Republican brand – McCain-Bush.
BEAVER, Pa., 1:07 p.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Pennsylvania, Michigan crucial to fall election: Keep your eyes on Pennsylvania and Michigan. There are battleground states in the presidential election, and then there are these two, looming larger than most others because they offer such a rich opportunity for Republican John McCain and potential peril for Democrat Barack Obama.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 1:00 p.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Police target protesters at RNC convention: Republican National Convention protesters targeted in a series of police raids Friday night and Saturday say they won't back down from their plans to march on the event's opening day.
11:55 a.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Schedule for the Republican National Convention: The program for the Republican National Convention Monday through Thursday at the Xcel Center in St. Paul, Minn. Sen. John McCain of Arizona is the party's presumed nominee.
Aug. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Charm of rural living motivates candidates: PINE VALLEY – Pine Valley is a quiet mountain community of about 1,500, dotted with small houses and vacation cabins and bisected by historic Old Highway 80.
Aug. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Padre water district race has five seeking two spots: SANTEE – The two incumbents running for election on the Padre Dam Municipal Water District board say their knowledge and experience make them qualified for four more years in office. Their opponents say it's time for a change.
WASHINGTON, 8:56 a.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Ron Paul followers gathering for own convention: 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.
WASHINGTON, 8:06 a.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Clinton urges support for Obama, says stakes high: Hillary Rodham Clinton urged voters Saturday to support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, saying the stakes of the election are high and the differences between Obama and Republican John McCain are stark.
7:01 a.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Evangelicals energized by McCain-Palin ticket: Sarah Palin already has energized conservative religious leaders who had fretted that John McCain would pick an abortion rights supporter as his running mate. The Alaska governor was raised in a Pentecostal church and has called herself “as pro-life as any candidate can be.”
WASILLA, Alaska, 1:56 a.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Palin's hometown residents hail choice: Residents in Sarah Palin's hometown were surprised by her selection as John McCain's running mate, but they say the straight-talking Alaskan could give Washington a dose of what it needs.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 1:17 a.m. Aug. 30 (AP)
Husband of veep choice is snowmobile racer: He's known as a doting, blue-collar husband who stands on the sidelines as his wife blazes a historic trail in politics.
JUNEAU, Alaska, 4:29 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
McCain's veep choice is historic and hardly known: In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor's office and now – making history – to John McCain's side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket.
ST. PAUL, Minn., 4:17 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
McCain to spend advertising money in Minnesota: Republican presidential candidate John McCain plans to air television commercials in Minnesota, at least during the Republican National Convention here, establishing a strong presence in a state that has not been a focus of his ad campaign.
COLUMBIA, S.C., 4:10 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
GOP upholds delegate penalties against states: The Republican National Committee on Friday made its penalties stick against South Carolina, New Hampshire, Florida and Michigan for holding primaries earlier than rules allowed.
BOSTON, 4:07 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Secrecy, surprise were goals of McCain's VP search: John McCain's search for a running mate was remarkable in that it was carried out in secret, concluded with a bang and conducted in sharp contrast to the freewheeling style of his early presidential campaign or his hard-charging Navy days.
RALEIGH, N.C., 4:01 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
John Edwards to emerge from seclusion for speech: In a return to the public stage, John Edwards has confirmed plans to talk politics a month after admitting to an extramarital affair. But his wife won't be at his side.
NEW YORK, 3:39 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Obama's speech seen by 38 million-plus viewers: 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.
MONACA, Pa., 3:08 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Obama camp hits, then praises McCain's VP choice: Barack Obama's spokesman fired off a fast criticism of Republican John McCain's new running mate Friday, but the Democratic candidate himself quickly stepped in to offer her congratulations and praise.
SAN DIEGO, 2:56 p.m. Aug. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Schwarzenegger praises selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday praised the selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the running mate of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, saying she has the courage to push back.
2:05 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Timeline of Palin's life and career: A timeline of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's life and career:
NEW YORK, 1:41 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
McCain VP decision boosts book on Alaska governor: Republican presidential candidate John McCain's surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate has given a brief, upbeat biography of her the kind of boost that Sen. Joe Biden's memoir received when he joined the Democratic ticket.
WASHINGTON, 12:31 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Obama, McCain vie for suburbanites, white women: Kathy Melkey stands astride some of the fault lines between Barack Obama and John McCain. The 49-year-old substitute teacher from Granby, Conn., is a white woman, an independent and a suburbanite. Each of those groups is closely divided between the two presidential candidates.
WASHINGTON, 12:14 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Palin views on oil, polar bears may be liabilities: Democrats are probably cobbling together the campaign ad right now: “John McCain's running mate is for big oil and against the environment,” a somber voice intones as cute baby polar bears scamper across the screen.
11:31 a.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Reaction to McCain choosing Palin as running mate: Reaction to Republican presidential candidate John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate:
Aug. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Obama's speech vetters leave some speakers grumbling: Having been victimized by heavy-handed editing on numerous occasions, I can certainly sympathize with the gripes of some of the Democratic National Convention speakers.
Aug. 29
Speech a landmark moment in history and race relations: Promising a break from the “worn-out ideas and politics of the past,” Sen. Barack Obama's address last night was a celebration of Democratic unity, an invitation to wary independents and a stinging rebuke of Republican Sen. John McCain, whose recent momentum was likely blunted by an effective convention.
DENVER, 9:19 a.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Analysis: Palin's age, inexperience rival Obama's: John McCain's risky choice of Gov. Sarah Palin gives him a running mate who doubles down on his maverick image, may appeal to “hockey moms” and other women, and counters Barack Obama's aura of new-generation change. But he may have undercut his best attack on the Democrat.
DENVER, 9:05 a.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
McCain taps Alaska governor for VP: John McCain tapped Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a conservative who shares his maverick streak, to be the Republican vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
NAME, 9:00 a.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Bio information on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: Sarah Heath Palin. AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION – 44; born Feb. 11, 1964; Sandpoint, Idaho.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 8:50 a.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Palin parents surprised by VP nomination: If not for flooding at a remote creek, Chuck and Sally Heath might have found out by radio that their daughter, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had been picked by John McCain to be his GOP running mate.
SAN FRANCISCO, 8:31 a.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Feinstein considers run for Calif. governor: Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she's actively considering a run for California governor in 2010, but wants to see the results of the November election before she makes a decision.
DAYTON, Ohio, 10:00 a.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
McCain taps Alaska governor for VP: John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a conservative who shares his maverick streak, as his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
DENVER, 11:18 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)Stars over the moon about Obama's speech: First word on Barack Obama's historic nomination acceptance speech from a bevy of celebrities in attendance was decidedly partisan: “It was excellent,” Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie said. “It was amazing.” DENVER, 10:58 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Oprah on Obama: 'I cried my eyelashes off': Oprah Winfrey is leaving Denver with the candidate she wanted, but reportedly without her eyelashes. NEW YORK, 9:41 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Obama's breathtaking show transcended politics: Barack Obama transcended politics on Thursday in accepting his party's nomination for president during an event that played out on television like a combination of a rock concert and Super Bowl. DENVER, 9:03 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Analysis: Obama spares details, keeps up attacks: Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is “change we can believe in,” promised Thursday to “spell out exactly what that change would mean.” WASHINTON, 8:14 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Analysis: Oprah, Alba! Obama goldmine or downfall?: Hollywood didn't contribute official speakers to Barack Obama's convention. But, man, did celebrities flock to Denver in droves. Is Oprah in the house? That was Matthew Modine! Oh, wow, there's Anne Hathaway. WASHINGTON, 7:42 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Democrat's vision will collide with reality: Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination Thursday night with a lofty vision for the nation's future that is far easier to articulate than to accomplish. DENVER, 7:42 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Obama uses speech for high-tech outreach: Forgive some of the 84,000 people amassed Thursday at Invesco Field if their thumbs were a bit weary by the time Barack Obama arrived for a triumphant acceptance of his presidential nomination. DENVER, 7:38 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Analysis: 'Born in the USA' returns to politics: A generation after Ronald Reagan famously mistook Bruce Springsteen's music for uncritical patriotism, Democrats claimed “Born in the USA” on Thursday for the theme it was meant to project – to describe a splintered country they say desperately needs new policies and new dreams.
DENVER, 7:37 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Obama sketches promise of America: Barack Obama cast his presidential nomination as proof that no dreams are too high, savoring a historic moment for himself and the nation Thursday before setting out on a difficult struggle to break another barrier for a black American.
WASHINGTON, 7:37 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)End to Middle East oil imports unlikely: Barack Obama's promise Thursday to work to “end our dependence” on Middle East oil within a decade may be good political rhetoric when Americans have been paying $4 a gallon at the gas pumps, but the goal likely would be difficult – perhaps impossible – to achieve and flies in the face of how global oil markets work. DENVER, 7:27 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Ohio woman addresses Obama rumors: An Ohio woman who was one of the everyday Americans invited to speak at the Democratic convention sought in her speech Thursday night to debunk rumors circulating on the Internet about Sen. Barack Obama. DENVER, 7:26 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
View from cheap seats doesn't dampen enthusiasm: The air was thin, the sun was strong and the view of the stage was horrible. But that didn't dampen the enthusiasm of Democrats who sat in the cheap seats all the way at the top of Invesco Field at Mile High. DENVER, 7:21 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Barack Obama's convention address: Prepared remarks of Sen. Barack Obama for his address to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in Denver, as released by the campaign: DENVER, 6:56 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
McCain makes decision on running mate: Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided on a running mate early Thursday, and top prospects waited to hear from the nominee-in-waiting.
WASHINGTON, 4:19 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Post-convention 'bounce' averages 10 points: And now comes ... the wait for “The Bounce.” One thing presidential candidates hope they'll get from their nominating conventions is a healthy “bounce” – a gain in popularity as measured by public opinion polls.
DENVER, 3:51 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Dean tells delegates turnout vital this fall: Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean has told the party's convention delegates that John McCain is a “yes man” for President Bush's policies.
DENVER, 2:18 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Thousands celebrate before Obama speech: Musicians strummed guitars, hawkers sold political souvenirs and the Colorado sun beat down on thousands of people who celebrated in a mile-long queue Thursday to hear Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High.
DENVER, 1:41 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
GOP counterpunches as Obama to claim nomination: On Barack Obama's big night, Republicans in Denver pushed an alternative convention narrative: Sure he can thrill a crowd of Democrats, but is he ready to be president?
DENVER, 1:37 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Street vendors flourish at convention: That familiar old refrain about getting a lousy souvenir wouldn't sell very well in the city hosting the Democratic National Convention.
DENVER, 1:32 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
In a switch, McCain to Obama: 'Well done': In a brief break from a fierce advertising war, Republican presidential candidate John McCain will air a one-evening-only ad with a simple message for Barack Obama: “Job well done.”
LAS VEGAS, 1:15 p.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
RNC panel calls Nevada GOP 'inept': A key Republican committee says it is troubled by the “ineptness” of the Nevada GOP and called the state party's attempt to choose delegates for next week's national convention “flawed, inadequate and unacceptable.”
From Thursday's Union-Tribune
Aug. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Unity and mutiny can be hard to distinguish: Conventions are about message, and the Democrats have been on it . . . at least from the podium.
Aug. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Placement inside arena identifies party's seats of power: Maybe it's just a coincidence that the home-state delegation of Democratic star-turned-embarrassment John Edwards is watching this week's proceedings in the Mile High City from the mile-and-a-half-high seats.
Aug. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Mayoral, council candidates plan events tonight: OCEANSIDE – Two candidates in the November municipal elections will hold events tonight.
Aug. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Planning group has 7 running for 5 slots: Blackwater Worldwide has left Potrero behind, but the controversy engendered by the company's aborted plans for a training camp in the rural community remains.
DENVER, 10:04 a.m. Aug. 28 (AP)
Biden: Obama cannot win without Pennsylvania: Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told Pennsylvania delegates Thursday that running mate Barack Obama can't win the White House without the Keystone State.
DENVER, 9:31 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)Obama makes unscripted convention appearance: Sen. Barack Obama dropped in on his own party at the Democratic convention a day early Wednesday to praise his wife, his former rival, and former President Bill Clinton for going to bat for him. NEW YORK, 9:17 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Obama nomination a key moment in TV coverage: A carefully timed roll call and a sudden recognition of history may prove to be a turning point for Democrats at a convention that hadn't been going well for them as a television event. DENVER, 9:00 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Biden says nation needs more than a good soldier: Joe Biden accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wednesday night and declared that the challenges America faces require “more than a good soldier” in the White House, hailing Barack Obama as a wise leader who can deliver the change the nation needs. DENVER, 8:16 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Potential Obama veeps get turn on stage: Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't the only also-ran on the loose in Denver. Three officials who were mentioned as possible running mates for Barack Obama but didn't make it onto the ticket got a chance to address the Democratic convention Wednesday night. 7:59 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic convention: Prepared remarks from Sen. Joe Biden, Barack Obama's runningmate, for his address at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday in Denver, as released by the Obama campaign: MINNEAPOLIS, 7:11 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
GOP platform backs off pet issues to help McCain: Republicans are putting John McCain's campaign priorities above some of their pet issues, including drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. DENVER, 7:06 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Clinton helps seal Obama nomination amid cheers: It was a closing of sorts, but whether closure was there is another matter. There stood Hillary Rodham Clinton, embraced on the floor of the Democratic National Convention by her fellow New York delegates, urging the party to shut down the roll call of states and declare Barack Obama's their presidential nominee by acclamation. DENVER, 7:02 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Bill Clinton's convention address: Prepared remarks of former President Bill Clinton for his address to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in Denver, as released by the Obama campaign: DENVER, 6:58 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Iraq veterans endorse Obama: Iraq war veterans brought their military credibility to the podium on Wednesday and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as the best candidate to lead the military and help veterans. HENDERSON, Nev., 6:49 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Romney: Democrats using 'politics of envy': Potential vice presidential nominee Mitt Romney accused Democrats on Wednesday of playing “the politics of envy” in recent ads and speeches that focus on John McCain's wealth and multiple homes. DENVER, 6:35 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Kerry: I don't recognize my former friend, McCain: Sen. John Kerry, the one-time presidential nominee whose campaign crumbled under attacks on his military service and consistency, told fellow Democrats on Wednesday that he doesn't recognize Republican John McCain, a man he once considered as a runningmate.
DENVER, 3:51 p.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Waiting game for McCain veep: John McCain's potential running mates were in what amounted to a high-stakes waiting game Wednesday as the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting prepared to announce his running mate in the coming days.
Aug. 27
Clinton speech delivers for Obama, and herself: Hillary Rodham Clinton said all the right words last night to unite a party battered by a divisive nomination battle. But she's done that before, with some of the same words, long before the Democratic National Convention opened.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)McCain visits for fundraiser: Republican presidential candidate John McCain condemned overspending and corruption by Republicans in Congress as he raised money for his campaign in the district once represented by imprisoned former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham.
Aug. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Dean differs with TV analysts; defends tone, tenor of opening: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean was in a grumpy mood yesterday after enduring sniping from Democratic TV talking heads about the soft tone of the first night of the national convention.
Aug. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
City attorney, challenger face off: RANCHO BERNARDO – City Attorney Michael Aguirre enjoyed a Perry Mason moment in a debate yesterday against his challenger in the Nov. 4 election, Superior Court Judge Jan Goldsmith.
SACRAMENTO, 11:35 a.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Schwarzenegger could be no-show at GOP convention: When the Republican convention opens Monday night, its prime-time lineup could be missing one of its biggest draws: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
6:42 a.m. Aug. 27 (AP)
Analysis: McCain's Iran ad misleading: TITLE: “Tiny.” LENGTH: 30 seconds.
RANCHO BERNARDO, Aug. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
City attorney, challenger face off: RANCHO BERNARDO
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City Attorney Michael Aguirre enjoyed a Perry Mason moment in a debate yesterday against his challenger in the Nov. 4 election, Superior Court Judge Jan Goldsmith.
Aug. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Dean differs with TV analysts; defends tone, tenor of opening:Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean was in a grumpy mood yesterday after enduring sniping from Democratic TV talking heads about the soft tone of the first night of the national convention.
DENVER, 10:01 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)Clinton says election isn't about her: Hillary Rodham Clinton had a simple message Tuesday for her still loyal supporters: This election isn't about her. NEW YORK, 9:51 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
Democratic convention, but focus not Obama: Barack Obama is still going to be the Democratic candidate for president, right? It seemed easy to forget that fact watching Tuesday's coverage of the Democratic convention. The focus on Hillary Clinton and how warmly she would embrace her former rival dominated discussion, almost to the exclusion of everything else.
DENVER, 8:50 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
Clinton salutes Obama as Dems at convention cheer: Hillary Rodham Clinton summoned the millions of voters who supported her in the primaries to send Barack Obama to the White House Tuesday night, and drew thunderous applause at the Democratic National Convention when she declared her one-time rival is “my candidate and he must be our president.”
BILLINGS, Mont., 9:38 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)Obama watches, cheers Clinton speech: Barack Obama on Tuesday applauded and cheered former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as she declared her support for his candidacy, and urged her own backers to rally behind Obama in his contest with Republican John McCain. DENVER, 9:34 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
Analysis: A perfect night for Clinton, Obama?: For one evening, their political world was perfect. Or so it seemed. Standing before thousands of delegates, almost half of them her backers, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton declared it time “to unite as a single party with a single purpose” and urged her followers to help elect once-bitter rival Barack Obama. DENVER, 9:22 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
Romney, Pawlenty on attack in GOP veep tryouts: Mitt Romney, a potential John McCain running mate playing Republican pit bull on the periphery of the Democratic National Convention, charged Tuesday that a Barack Obama presidency would “make America a weaker nation.” DENVER, 9:19 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
GOP 'war room' revs up as Giuliani goes on air: Surrogates for John McCain fired away Wednesday from the outskirts of the Democratic convention, with Rudy Giuliani going live on the Fox News Channel to eclipse convention keynote speaker Mark Warner. SAN DIEGO, 9:15 p.m. Aug. 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
McCain condemns overspending in San Diego fundraiser: Republican presidential candidate John McCain condemned overspending and corruption by Republicans in Congress Tuesday night as he raised money for his campaign in the district once represented by imprisoned former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham. DENVER, 9:10 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
Radical tied to Obama compared U.S. actions to 9/11: The release of a 2004 interview with former 1960s radical William Ayers, in which he compared U.S. government actions to the Sept. 11 attacks, drew renewed attention Tuesday to his association with Democratic candidate Barack Obama. DENVER, 8:58 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
Governors in chorus of Obama talking points: Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, not exactly a household name in national Democratic politics, energized the party's convention Tuesday night with an animated, arm-waving speech chastising Sen. John McCain. DENVER, 8:44 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
Hillary Clinton's speech at the Dems convention: Remarks of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for her address to the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night in Denver: DENVER, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
A convention comeuppance for Bill Clinton: The Comeback Kid is having a convention comeuppance. Bill Clinton was supposed to beam at the side of his wife at the Democratic convention as she was crowned their party's presidential nominee. Instead, he clenched back tears as his wife formally surrendered the nomination to Barack Obama and threw her full support behind her former opponent. WASHINGTON, 7:54 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
No more 'Democrat wars' for GOP spinmeisters?: Republicans have come up with another name for the opposing party – the right name. For years now, the GOP has gone after “Democrat schemes,” “Democrat presidents,” “Democrat Congresses” – all phrases from the 1996 Republican platform, repeated many times since. DENVER, 7:34 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
Get the instant replay! Bush steals 2nd from 3rd: Stealing second base from where? Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland brought down the house at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night with a crack about President Bush – and John McCain – that harked back to one of the sharpest verbal stones ever thrown at Bush's father. DENVER, 7:28 p.m. Aug. 26 (AP)
Former Gov. Warner: Party must seize opportunity: Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, keynoting the Democratic National Convention, said Tuesday that American voters “have one shot to get it right”