Republican National Convention

The dominatrix The dominatrix

Sarah Palin is trying to seduce independent voters. But she comes across like a whip-wielding mistress who wants to discipline a naughty America.
  • Republicans, stop calling Obama elitist

    Because the real reason you don't like him is that he's smarter than you.
  • John McCain's empty speech

    Simply saying the word "change" a lot isn't enough. What did McCain offer people that was really new?
  • John McCain, Republican top gun at last

    The "imperfect" war hero steered clear of George W. Bush as he took aim at Barack Obama and tried to marshal his tarnished party.
  • McCain to Obama: Do as I say, not as I do

    John McCain disapproves of contests of personality and style -- unless he thinks he can win them.
  • Bateman: McCain makes his big speech

    Fight with me! Fight with me! Fight for what's right!
  • No home run for McCain

    On his big night, John McCain gave at best an uneven speech; even a moving segment about his time as a prisoner of war may not have saved it for him.
  • Clinton: "No way, no how, no McCain-Palin"

    Hillary Clinton was tapped to provide the first official Democratic response to John McCain's speech, and she came out swinging.
  • Protesters disrupt McCain speech

    Antiwar demonstrators heckle John McCain and disrupt his big moment at the Republican Convention.
  • Palin camp claims Dems attacking her family, can't name any

    A fundraising solicitation accuses "Obama/Biden Democrats" of "vicious" attacks against the Palins, but her campaign hasn't been able to produce any evidence.
  • Karl Rove, flip-flopper

    Like some of his fellow Republicans, Karl Rove seems to have experienced a miraculous change in parts of his worldview when Sarah Palin joined the ticket.
  • McCain: "Change is coming"

    In his speech tonight, John McCain will hit some familiar themes.
  • The Sarah Palin money bomb

    Palin's speech has apparently energized donors, on both sides of the aisle.
  • Obama responds to the Republican convention

    "You wouldn't know that this is such a critical election by watching the convention last night," the Democratic nominee says.
  • Those liberal elitists

    Thank God for real populists, like small-town mayor Rudy Giuliani and Cindy McCain, who wore an outfit this week that's estimated to have cost $300,000.
  • Quote of the day

    Roger Simon explains why we in the media are so, so sorry for -- having done our jobs.
  • Noonan aplogizes for Palin remarks -- sort of

    The conservative columnist says part of what she said about the Republican vice-presidential nominee was taken out of context.
  • McCain's big running-mate rollout

    Romney and Giuliani helped supply Wednesday night's "paranoid" conservative politics, while Sarah Palin showed she's no Dick Cheney.
  • Democrats behind enemy lines in Minnesota

    The Obama campaign sets up shop at the Republican National Convention, but thanks to Sarah Palin the GOP is handling all the negative messaging itself.
  • How to build a vast left-wing conspiracy

    The man behind Daily Kos talks about Obama's chances, his new book and why Palin is the gift that keeps on giving.
  • Bateman: Meet the Ron Paul alternate

    The Republican Party says it welcomes people of every sort, but our voice is silenced.
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