MPR: Campaign 2004: 2004 Republican National Convention

The 2004 Republican National Convention - New York, New York - Aug 30-Sep 2


	A blog covering the Republican Convention by Bob Collins, Senior Editor - News





	Friday, September 3, 2004 Heading Home I hadn't intended to go onto the floor of Madison Square Garden last night for President Bush's speech. I was content to have the column on Matt Albrecht be the last one from New York. But when I talked to my wife, she said the people at work were enjoying the ...the...whatever this is and I suddenly felt related to Wayne Newton, who probaly always wants to just go upstairs and go to bed, but instead had to sing one more verse of Danke Schoen (and no, I don't know how to spell Danke Schoen because I spent too much time in German class in high school try to put golf tees on that rat, Donnie Freeburg's seat). (Read entire entry)

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President Bush's acceptance speech (09/02/2004)

New York Gov. George Pataki introduces President Bush (09/02/2004)

Georgia Sen. Zell Miller's convention speech (09/01/2004)

Vice President Dick Cheney's convention speech (09/01/2004)

Lynne Cheney introduces her husband, Vice President Dick Cheney (09/01/2004)

First lady Laura Bush's convention speech (08/31/2004)

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's convention speech (08/31/2004)

Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele's convention speech (08/31/2004)

Education Secretary Rod Paige's convention speech (08/31/2004)

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frists's convention speech (08/31/2004)

Sen. Elizabeth Dole's convention speech (08/31/2004)

Rudy Giuliani's convention speech (08/30/2004)

Sen. John McCain's convention speech (08/30/2004)

Deena Burnett's remarks about Sept. 11 (08/30/2004)

Republican National Convention (official site)

NPR Convention Coverage

WNYC - New York

MPR: Campaign 2004

Who's got the 'mo'?
Minnesota Republicans head home, convinced it's Bush. (09/3/2004)

A national stage for Pawlenty?
Governor finds plenty of fans in New York. (09/2/2004)

Missed opportunity
Minnesotans come close, but don't meet 9/11 victims' families. (RealAudio required) (09/1/2004)

How best to serve?
A visit to a day care center frames a debate between political philosophies. (08/31/2004)

Just the way they like it
The convention platform is just what the Minnesota delegation wants, even if the convention is adopting a more moderate tone. (08/30/2004)

Bush says 'we will prevail' over terrorism; Kerry calls president unfit to lead
President Bush picked apart Democrat John Kerry's record on the Iraq war and tax cuts Thursday night, as he accepted the Republican Party's nomination for re-election. Kerry countered the attacks on his record, calling Bush unfit to lead and saying he misled the nation into the Iraq war. (09/02/2004)

Republicans launch double-barreled attack against Kerry
Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia teamed up to deliver a stinging attack on Sen. John Kerry Wednesday night, ridiculing him as a politician who has made a career out of changing his mind. (09/01/2004)

Zell Miller: Then and now
Sen. Zell Miller, a Democrat from Georgia, delivered a blistering attack on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry Wednesday night. It was reminiscent of his keynote speech in front of Democrats in 1992, when he criticized the first President Bush. (09/01/2004)

Minnesotans join anti-GOP protest
Thousands march on Manhattan as Republican convention opens (08/29/2004)

First lady hails husband's fight against terrorism
Laura Bush told Republican delegates Tuesday night her husband, the president, is a man of strength leavened by compassion. "You can count on him, especially in a crisis," she said. (08/31/2004)

Meet the delegates
Minnesota sends a comparatively ethnically diverse group to New York. (08/29/2004)

More election coverage: Campaign 2004

The convention so far
A discussion of the Republican Party platform, as well as the speeches and issues at the center of this political gathering. (Midmorning, 09/01/2004)

The first day of the convention
Republican delegate Justin Krych of Duluth gives us his impressions of the convention's first day. (All Things Considered, 08/30/2004)

A brief history of the Republican Party
Two historians trace the transformations the Republican Party has gone through from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush. (Midday, 08/30/2004)

The first Hispanic delegate
MPR's Cathy Wurzer talks with Rick Aguilar, the first Hispanic in a Minnesota delegation to a GOP national convention. (Morning Edition, 08/27/2004)

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