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Regardless of Where the Convention Lands, It Won’t Affect the Vote

By | 07.02.10 | 8:59 am

Jimm Phillips reports that the DNC has chosen the four finalist cities for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and notes that three of the four cities reside in swing states:

It’s clear why Charlotte and St. Louis are in the list — North Carolina and Missouri were the two

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He’s heeeeeere!

By | 09.03.08 | 1:47 pm

Minneapolis–Moments ago, Sen. John McCain stepped off his Straight Talk flying Express here and was greeted by members of his own family and that of his running-mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The group included a soon-to be-Palin member, Levi Johnston, who was holding hands with his pregnant girlfriend, and soon-to-be More…

GOP, Lobbyists Party With ‘Hookers and Blow’

By | 09.02.08 | 5:48 pm

In case you missed it…some things are just too good not to mention.

ABC reported that while New Orleans braced for Hurricane Gustav to make landfall, Republican politicians and delegates in the Twin Cities for the GOP national convention attended a party Saturday night, thrown by the National Rifle Assn., More…