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Virginia's Convention Delegates Split on State's 'Battleground' Status

By Anna Shoup on September 12, 2008
Talking to Virginia’s delegates at both the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention, one would never think the...
 

Polls: After Palin Push, McCain and Obama in Dead Heat

By Alexis Matsui on September 9, 2008
The first round of news polls released since the end of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions last week show...
 

Pa. Delegates Name Security, Economy as Top Issues

By Tom LeGro on September 4, 2008
With union voters, both urban and rural areas and large numbers of military living in Pennsylvania, the Keystone state is...
 

Historians See Goldwater, Reagan as Top GOP Acceptance Speeches

By Richard Norton Smith and Peniel Joseph on September 4, 2008
With Sen. John McCain set to deliver his acceptance speech in St. Paul, NewsHour historians Richard Norton Smith and Peniel...
 

Forty Years Later, Nixon Convention Speech Remains Watershed Event

By Peneil Joseph, Richard Norton Smith on September 3, 2008
With the nation still reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy and the Vietnam war...
 

GOP Women Blast Media Over Coverage of Palin

By Candace Nuzzo and Lauren Knapp on September 3, 2008
Republican women accused the media and the Obama campaign Wednesday of sexism toward the party’s vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov....
 

Reporter's Notebook: Woodruff Considers McCain's 'Gamble' on Palin

By Steve Goldbloom on September 3, 2008
With Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slated to give the key speech at Wednesday’s convention, NewsHour Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff sat...
 

Alaska Delegates Defend Their Governor

By Meghann Farnsworth on September 3, 2008
Alaska delegate Paul Verhagen woke up early Friday morning to a phone call from his brother in Texas. “Who is...
 

After a Night of the Personal, Republicans Go Political

By Lee Banville on September 3, 2008
Republicans were still recasting and reorganizing their convention programs Wednesday morning, shaping a primetime convention that would formally introduce embattled...
 

Economy Is Top Concern for Michigan GOP Delegation

By Meghan Welsh on September 2, 2008
Michigan’s faltering economy was a key topic of conversation Tuesday morning as members of the state’s GOP delegation gathered for...
 

Reporter's Notebook: Ifill on a Convention on Two Tracks

By Steve Goldbloom on September 2, 2008
Sen. John McCain looks to get his campaign back on track Tuesday when the convention gets underway in primetime. Senior...
 

Louisiana Delegates Attempt to Rally as Gustav Batters Home State

By Anna Shoup on September 1, 2008
As their fellow Louisianans struggled through Hurricane Gustav, the Bayou State delegation at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul...
 

Reporter's Notebook: Judy Woodruff Previews DNC Remarks by Michelle Obama

By Politics Desk on August 25, 2008
Senior correspondent Judy Woodruff looks at Michelle Obama’s role in her husband’s campaign and previews her opening remarks at the...
 

Reporter's Notebook: Gwen Ifill on Veepstakes and Conventions

By Politics Desk on August 19, 2008
In a conversation with the NewsHour’s Steve Goldbloom, senior correspondent Gwen Ifill mulls the media frenzy over vice-presidential picks and...
 

Warner Named DNC Keynote Speaker as Conventions Edge Closer

By Maureen Hoch on August 13, 2008
Details are slowing emerging on plans for the upcoming Democratic and GOP conventions — with the latest news coming from...
 
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