Stories tagged "gopconvention"

Vice Presidential Nominee to Address the 2008 Republican National Convention.Wed Sep 03 2008 19:12:27 ET SAINT PAUL, Minn. - This evening Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican Party’s vice presidential nominee, will address the 2008 GOP convention.

Ron Paul told CNN this morning that the GOP has told him he can come to the convention floor only “under very, very restricted conditions.”

Now it's the Republicans' turn.

Mr. McCain's proposal, details of which were disclosed on Tuesday, plays to a portion of the electorate that believes "alternative fuel source" means siphoning gas from their neighbors' cars and trucks.

Longtime Minneapolis peace activist and sometime-gadfly Ed Felien asked a Hennepin County District judge on Thursday to compel the county attorney to arrest President Bush when his plane lands for the GOP convention in September.

The man picked by the John McCain campaign to run the 2008 Republican National Convention resigned Saturday after a report that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Myanmar.