ST. PAUL – Carolyn Dunn walked onto the main stage of the biggest Republican political event in years with a giant backdrop of a Kansas sunset shining on a small town street. Read More
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Dunn energizes small town Kansas and rural America
Sept. 3, 20089:53 p.m.
Two men aim to stamp out ‘bird porn’
Sept. 3, 20087:11 p.m.
ST. PAUL — Of everyone vying for attention this week outside Xcel Energy Center, these two guys might just have the strangest cause. While others toted signs demanding an end to the war or immigrant rights Monday, Mike Rasmussen of Great Falls, Mont., and Pete Caprise of New York City (holding the sign) advocated the end of what they call ‘bird porn.’ Though no one seems to get it here on the streets of St. Paul, they say they’re serious. See for yourself…
As Dole tribute nears, speculation that McCain may appear
Sept. 3, 20082:46 p.m.
EDINA, Minn. — With a dog sweeping the swanky Westin Hotel here in Edina, some are speculating that Sen. John McCain may be en route to the 3 p.m. Bob Dole tribute. Is a potential president coming to visit a once-potential president? Does an all-star list of Kansas and Missouri politicians warrant some stern men in suits carrying guns and an ATF agent with her dog? We’ll see. Stay tuned.
Kansan Carolyn Dunn back on speakers list for tonight
Sept. 3, 20081:12 p.m.
EDINA, Minn. — Carolyn Dunn, a self-described Kansan farm wife, is back on the speakers list after being bumped from last night’s line-up. Her four-minute speech about rural development and agriculture will come just before 7 p.m., according to a new Republican National Convention media release. Here’s tonight’s line-up… Read More
Tiahrt presses for energy reform, says little about prez ticket
Sept. 3, 200811:49 a.m.
EDINA, Minn. — Rep. Todd Tiahrt didn’t have much to say about the McCain-Palin ticket during his breakfast speech to the Kansas Republican delegation this morning, only praising Sen. John McCain as a reformer that he hasn’t always agreed with and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for bringing energy and youth to the Republican side of the presidential campaign . Instead of Prez politics, the congressman focused on energy policy reform to “bridge the gap” between contemporary resources like oil and coal to alternative sources such as wind and solar energy. Read More
Carolyn Dunn bumped from today’s speaker list
Sept. 2, 20085:35 p.m.
ST. PAUL — Carolyn Dunn, a farmer’s wife from St. John, said she will no longer speak tonight at the Republican National Convention. It was a convention decision, and she said it’s unclear whether her four minute speech will find a place in the final two days of activities here. Read More
Republicans plan tribute to Bob Dole
Sept. 2, 20084:27 p.m.
EDINA, Minn. — He’s a jokester. He’s a politician. And he’s the guy so many people remember for his propensity to speak of himself in the third person.
He’s Bob Dole. And Wednesday afternoon he’ll be The Man at the “A Tribute to Bob Dole” in the swanky Westin Grand Ballroom. Former Sen. Fred Thompson, fresh off his prime time speech Tuesday, will be there — as will delegates from Kansas and Missouri. Some have rumored that other hot names will show up to honor the former presidential candidate. Read More
Brownback no longer to nominate Palin, but says recent disclosures strengthen her
Sept. 2, 20083:38 p.m.
ST. PAUL — Sen. Sam Brownback said today he will no longer nominate Gov. Sarah Palin as vice president — someone else will. Brownback said it’s not clear why convention officials called him to cancel. But he speculated that his policy stances may be too similar to Palin’s and that the party wants someone from the other side of the Republican spectrum to pitch her to the national audience. “Things have been a bit up in the air,” he said.
But the Kansas senator still plans to address the National Republican Convention here just a few spots back from Sen. John McCain’s speech, a move seen by some as free publicity for a potential gubernatorial run and by others as a reward for quickly endorsing McCain after he dropped out of the presidential race nearly a year ago.
In an interview on the back of a golf cart zipping through security gates en route to a Fox News interview, Brownback also said recent news about Palin’s daughter being pregnant and an on-going investigation regarding her dismissing of Alaska’s public safety commissioner only make her stronger. Read More
Kansas delegates unite behind McCain
Sept. 2, 200811:24 a.m.
EDINA, Minn. — Kansas Republican delegates will vote unanimously to nominate Sen. John McCain for president, a move that comes despite Mike Huckabee’s clear victory in the Kansas caucuses. When Kris Kobach, Kansas Republican Party chairman, asked whether anyone wanted to go with former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee at a breakfast today, the only sound was that of forks clanking on plates.
State party rules would otherwise require delegates’ first-round nominating votes to reflect how their caucus voted, which in most cases would be for Huckabee. In the second round, if needed, they could change their vote. But it appears that’s no longer a possibility.