McCain, Palin draws huge crowds.........

With the polls showing the the race for President dead even, and Obama and the Democrats not getting any traction since their convention ended in Denver, and the Republicans growing ever confident in both their nominee for president and vice president, the Obama camp must surely be nervous by now. today it was learned that the Obama camp was sending out a team of women surrogate to blunt the impact of the Sarah Palin pick as John McCain's running mate.



Big crowds cheered the Arizona senator and Alaska governor as they made their post-convention debut in Democratic-leaning Wisconsin and Michigan, presenting themselves as a team of reformers eager to challenge Washington's political establishment.
"Change is coming, change is coming," McCain promised the audience, borrowing the same theme that Democrat Barack Obama has made the centerpiece of his run for the White House.
The Republican team plans to campaign together in hotly contested states — Wisconsin and Michigan on Friday, Colorado and New Mexico on Saturday — and then go their separate ways.

Sarah Palin proves she can stand tall with the boys.......

If there were ever any doubt that Republican nominee for vice president Sarah Palin could not stand tall with the big boys, lastnight that doubt was almost if not erased. The 44-year-old first female Alaskan governor was unflinching as she strode on to the party's national convention stage to a roaring standing ovation and set out to show she was the right choice as John McCain's running mate.

Gov. Palin introduced herself to America before a roaring crowd at the Republican national Convention on Wednesday night as “just your average hockey mom” who was as qualified as the Democratic nominee, to be president of the United States. she said unlike Mr Obama, she had had "actual responsibilities" in the past.
Here's how I look at the choice Americans face in this election," she said.
"In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.
Palin took many swings at Obama, saying he talks "one way in Scranton and another in San Francisco." She claimed he had never authored any substantive legislation and never used the word "victory" except to refer to his campaign. She also accused him of wanting to grow government and raise taxes.
The 44-year-old Governor of Alaska has taken only six days to smash her way into the American public's consciousness, having being virtually unheard-of until last Friday.

Lieberman Makes the case for McCain, slam Dems....

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential pick eight years ago, speaking at the Republican national convention on Tuesday criticized his party's nominee as an untested candidate unwilling to challenge powerful interest groups as both Republican John McCain and one-time Democratic President Clinton have done.
"Sen. Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead," Lieberman said in prepared remarks. "But eloquence is no substitute for a record — not in these tough times."



He cited McCain's bipartisan work on campaign finance reform, his role in helping create the 9/11 Commission and stance against wasteful government spending.

"Both of the presidential candidates this year talk about changing the culture of Washington, about breaking through the partisan gridlock and the special interests that are poisoning our politics," Lieberman said. "But, my friends, only one of them has actually done it."
I really thought this was one of the best speech as to why McCain should be President, and i dare say i love the Republican convention theme Country First.....

Thousands protest RNC covention In St.Paul..

Chanting "war is not pro-life" and holding signs criticizing President George W. Bush, Thousands of, sign-waving protesters filled the streets of St. Paul on Monday, as Republicans prepared for a low-key opening to their presidential nominating convention.
Earlier Monday, a group of self-described anarchists threw park benches into streets and smashed windows. police said that 13 people had been arrested so far, ad they are accused of damage to property and conspiracy to riot. Those arrested will be formally charged in Ramsey County District Court on Tuesday.



Besides damaging private property, the group also smashed in the windows of five squad cars.
The arrest of the "anarchists" came after nearly 5,000 protesters marched peacefully outside the site of the convention site.

Will Sarah Palin bring in the famale vote for the GOP?.....

In GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin's acceptance speech in Dayton, Ohio, she discussed her background; praised John McCain's ability to lead and recognized Hilary Clinton's historical campaign. will that help the GOP win a lot of the Clinton Democrats?
Bob Schieffer talks with Senior Advisor for the McCain campaign Carly Fiorina on the GOP VP nomination of Sarah Palin and how Hillary Clinton's supporters might receive her.


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I think McCain might just pull this off, there are already a lot of Clinton supporters who are happy with Palin's as McCain's running mate.

Police raid RNC protesters home in St.Paul ahead of GOP convention.

Authorities have searched several homes in Minneapolis and one in St. Paul Saturday ahead of the opening of the Republican National Convention.
St. Paul, Minn. — Police said the raids were the result of a long-term investigation into a group of more than 30 anarchists that call themselves the RNC Welcoming Committee.
Police said some members of the group are interested in committing serious, criminal acts.


Authorities said the anarchists use weapons to try and hurt police. During raids this weekend they have confiscated makeshift maps and weapons, including machetes, hatchets, knives, metal pipes and homemade devices believed to be used to disable buses. They also found buckets of urine that police believe anarchists were going to throw at them.
St. Paul police, said city officers helped the county carry out a search warrant as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
"We've known all along that there are people coming to our city who are not planning to conduct themselves in a lawful manner," Walsh said. "This is an affirmation of that."

Politics the past week in cartoons................