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GOP Pins Hopes for Congressional Comeback on McCain's Appeal (CQPolitics.com)

 

Published 9/3/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

CQPolitics.com - Presidential conventions are meant to put the best public face on the attending party, promote its national ticket and motivate its activists for the upcoming election. But this week's Republican convention in St. Paul that will nominate Arizona Sen. John McCain for president and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for vice president also is a time of introspection. (link)

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