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Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:00 am

John McCain’s moment. Sarah Palin’s national debut. The GOP’s message. Who’s got momentum now? Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Our live coverage continues from the GOP Convention. We’ll be there as McCain prepares to step up for his big speech to the nation.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 10:00 am

Our live coverage from St. Paul continues. We’ll dig into John McCain’s biography, POW and beyond, for clues as to what kind of president he might be.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Sarah Palin speaks. We’ll look closely at the VP pick that has the whole country talking.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 10:00 am

Our live coverage continues from St. Paul and the RNC with a close look at John McCain and the religious right.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Our live coverage continues from St Paul. We’ll sit down with Republican delegates from the frontlines of the McCain-Obama contest.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 10:00 am

Our in-depth coverage from the Republican Convention in St Paul continues with a look at the party faithful and their fight over what the GOP stands for, post-George Bush.

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Monday, September 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Live from St. Paul, where President Bush was scheduled to speak to the party faithful until Hurricane Gustav intervened. We’ll get the latest, and look at what this moment means for Bush, McCain, and the GOP.

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Monday, September 1, 2008 at 10:00 am

Live from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Hurricane Gustav has crashed the party. We’ll hear an update on the storm, and political analysis from top observers.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 10:00 am

Never count a determined man out. John McCain was down for the count last summer. Broke and written off and flying coach. Now he’s taken Florida, and the Republican race to Super Tuesday has a whole new complexion.
Giuliani is headed for the sidelines. Mike Huckabee hanging in, maybe for a VP seat with Florida’s winner. [...]

 
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 10:00 am

So, Michigan has spoken — to Republicans at least — and the word is Romney.
Mitt Romney needed it bad. And he got it. Michiganders went for the man who promised their jobs back, and not John McCain, who said some were gone for good.
But this Republican race is still a free-for-all. Next stop South Carolina, [...]

 
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 10:00 am

Hey, stop the presses. New Hampshire has written its own headline. Upset! Comeback! It’s Clinton over Obama — never mind Iowa and the polls and the magic. It’s McCain over Romney — never mind, again, the money of the man who was governor right next door.
Hillary Clinton never quit and nearly cried and pulled it [...]

 
Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 10:00 am

It’s a funny week for Fred Thompson to be odd man out in the scrum of GOP ‘08 presidential contenders. Rudy Giuliani’s got evangelical Christian Pat Robertson blessing his candidacy. Mormon Mitt Romney has the religious right’s Paul Weyrich. Even John McCain has an endorsement from evangelical hero Sam Brownback.
But Fred Thompson — conservative former [...]

 
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