Navy: SEALs should not have been recognized at RNC
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 9/4/2008 — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two Navy SEALs attending the Republican National Convention were there in a private capacity only and should not have been publicly recognized during the event, a Navy spokesman told CNN Thursday. The men were acknowledged ...

A shrinking black presence at GOP convention
latimes.com 9/4/2008 — 'It's so disappointing,' says a former Maryland lieutenant governor of the dramatic decline in African American delegates. > Michael Steele was once the ...

Awesome: GOP rocks out to … “Barracuda”
hotair.com 9/4/2008 — I was going to save it for morning but it’s simply too sweet. [...] Read the rest »

RNC Welcoming Committee: Meeting the Press (unmasked) at last
democraticunderground.com 9/4/2008 — Source: [b]Twin Cities Daily Planet[/b] http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/sites/tcdailyplanet.net/files/imagecache/360x360/sites/tcdailyplanet.net/files/images/Picture%202_3.png Another police blockade of the High Street bridge did not stop media intent on finally having a look at the RNC ...

Report from the Convention Floor
gaypatriot.net 9/4/2008 — I just cut two interviews for Pajamas TV , one in Pajamas booth where I have pretty much based myself one from Pajamas booth and the other from the convention floor. It was quite a feeling to be there on the floor, seeing the various delegates and the countless reporters, many interviewing ...

GOP lacks diversity, says it pushes outreach — CNN.com - Politics 9/4/2008
Watching delegates file into the Republican National Convention, it's easy to see one big challenge facing their party: Fewer than 2 percent of the delegates are black.

GOP convention schedule for Thursday — msnbc.com: Politics 9/4/2008
A tentative schedule of speeches and program activities for Thursday's Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.:

Cops deny excessive force against RNC protesters — CNN.com - Politics 9/4/2008
Authorities in Minnesota's Twin Cities have created "a climate of intense police intimidation," protesters at the Republican National Convention contend, but officials say they're merely preserving the peace.

THE EDGE: GOP's good, bad, ugly (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 9/4/2008
AP - Four days, hundreds of speakers, thousands of delegates, endless pontificating and one hurricane looming large from afar. So much that is memorable from the Republican National Convention, so much that is forgettable. Five AP reporters help sort ...

Police use tear gas against RNC protesters — CNN.com - Politics 9/5/2008
Police arrested an estimated 200 anti-war protesters Thursday night after using tear gas and percussion grenades to disperse a crowd near the State Capitol, about a mile from the Republican National Convention.