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For uptotheminute press coverage of the Republican Convention and for Democratic reactionLast Thursday Fox Analyst and former Bush Brain Karl Rove complained that quotThe Republicans can39t seem to get a break when it comes to August and when it comes to the weatherquotamp160 Nearly three years to the day Category 4 Hurricane Gustav is poised to strike New Orleans just as the Republican National Convention gets underway Midafternoon Sunday Sen John McCain announced that Monday39s festivities in St Paul MN would be muted scissoring the seven hour opening day schedule down to a bare minimum of twoandahalf hours for platform ratification and miscellaneous housekeeping Already Pres Bush and Vice President Cheney have sent their regrets this in addition to Gov Schwarzenegger indicating that he39d be unable to attend due to a state budget battle is this the political version of quotSorry I have to wash my hair tonightquot McCain39s announcement of his VP pick Friday was supposed to preempt any Obama convention bounce Instead the lag is giving the Dems an opportunity to define Gov Sarah Palin before she can do so herself And McCainamp160 Palin39s reputation as a Maverick just might remind voters the McCain of old The cover of this week39s Economist hardly a socialist rag demands Bring Back the Real McCain In its closer it opines quotHawkish foreign policy irresponsible tax cuts more talk about religion and abortion all this sounds too much like Bush Threequot Even NBC analyst Mike Murphy who ran McCain39s 2000 presidential campaignamp160 said on Meet the Press yesterday that the Palin pick was quotnot a good strategic movequotamp160 Here39s TechPresident39s Nancy Scola39s fine comparison of both VP nominees where technology policy is concerned Heckuva Job BobbyWatching Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal over the weekend Republicans must be wringing their hands that he wasn39t the VP pick BushWorld39s mishandling of Katrina left according to Scott McClellan an quotindelible stainquot on the administration Security contractor Blackwater was itself an unwelcome presence in NOLA apparently that hasn39t stopped it from posting a call for recruitment this past weekend Here is an opportunity to demonstrate not just photo opps but leadership and compassion The Obama campaign has asked its email list to donate and volunteer What if both parties worked together on this a timeout from politics as usual When the RNC does readjourn especially after last week39s poor broadcast and cable network coverage of the DNCC I will again recommend CSpan follow its coverage on Twitter via rnc08 The GOP39s own site is live as of Friday and it does acknowledge the power of interactivity and social networks It has presences on Facebook Twitter MySpace YouTube Linked and is offering six different channels streaming live content via UStreamTV which should itself be a focus at the convention the service was created by two West Point cadets who launched the service so that soldiers could communicate with one another and their loved onesamp160The suspension of the RNC just might allow TrigGate to mushroom It seems that just prior to McCain39s VP announcement that Gov Palin39s Wikipedia profile was edited many times over It39s an issue because one quotYoung Trigquot a single user and one who has never otherwise edited content on Wikipedia deleted many negative references within Palin39s page minimizing her support of embattled Sen Ted Stevens and the ongoing Statewide investigation of her version of Troopergate Caught On CameraCurrently there are a few viral videos making the rounds Back in the day Sarah Palin was an oncamera intern at Anchorage39s KTUU Channel 2 Here she is doing sports commentary Proving that bad taste can be bipartisan is this minutelong clip by former DNC chairman Don Fowler who joked that Gustav was proof that God is rooting for the Dems It39s newsworthy more for the debate it provokes Shot and uploaded on YouTube by quotredstateabsenteequot it was an overheard conversation captured without permission and without any context While this caused moral agita for Dallas Morning News39 Rod Dreher that didn39t prevent him from posting and linking to it on Beliefnet the formerly independent portal acquired by Fox Interactive Media last December The Daily Show visits the washroom at Minneapolis St Paul International Airport 39Nuf said amp160It39s likely that by dusk that we39ll have a sense of Gustav39s imminent intent so far it39s looking like it will be downgraded amp160 and consequently how the RNC will shake out Seeing as how the theme of the RNC is Putting Country First there39s an opportunity for McCain to repair his less than honorable record on Katrina On the brighter side there won39t be split screens of McCain accepting the nomination as Jack Abramoff testifies this Thursday

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