Since we asked the same question about Hillary Clinton, we couldn’t help but ask the same about the first female Republican nominee for vice president of the United States. We realize that Clinton and Palin aren’t interchangeable, and frankly, if we were about to drop our 126-year tradition of being nonpartisan and endorse someone, we’d [...]
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Open Thread: Should AAUW Endorse Sarah Palin?
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Hillary Clinton, John McCain, media, presidential election, Republican National Convention, RNC, rnc2008, RNCC, Sarah Palin, St. Paul, women in politics, women leaders on September 3, 2008, | 60 Comments »
The Show Must Go On in Minnesota
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Cathy McMorris Rogers, Declaration of Independence, Declare Yourself, Future Frontrunners, John McCain, Kay Granger, Laura Bush, Marsha Blackburn, presidential election, Republican National Convention, RNC, rnc2008, RNCC, St. Paul on September 3, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Monday at the 2008 Republican National Convention was not what anyone expected, but the show did go on despite Hurricane Gustav’s wrath. While the official convention proceedings were shortened, other programs and events went on as planned — and protests were not derailed either. By day’s end, more than 200 people had been arrested in [...]
Armchair Politica
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Congressional Voting Record, Democratic National Convention, DNC, dnc2008, DNCC, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, media, presidential election, Republican National Convention, RNC, rnc2008, RNCC, Sarah Palin, St. Paul, women in politics, women leaders on September 3, 2008, | 4 Comments »
I don’t know about you, but when I’m watching TV and am in control of the remote, at commercials I bounce back and forth between channels trying to avoid the ads. I’ve decided the major TV stations are in cahoots. They purposely plan to have ads at the same time, so you are stuck watching [...]
Gustav Threatens the Gulf Coast and the RNC
Posted in Voter Education, tagged Gulf Coast, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Katrina, John McCain, New Orleans, presidential election, Republican National Convention, RNC, rnc2008, RNCC, St. Paul on September 2, 2008, | 2 Comments »
As I sat in the airport waiting for my connection to the Twin Cities, I do what any good lobbyist does — I checked my e-mail. And while I had been monitoring the increasingly disturbing news coming out of the Weather Channel, the e-mail I received confirmed it. All but barebones official convention proceedings were canceled [...]
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