elections.foxnews.com - 8/28/2008
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Mindful of the pitfalls of hosting cocktail parties while Gulf Coast residents are being evacuated, John McCain’s campaign suggested Thursday that Republicans could postpone their upcoming national convention in St. Paul if Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall over the weekend.
Accu-Weather storm trackers say nothing is impeding Gustav from turning into a hurricane before it makes landfall in the United States. Maximum sustained winds could reach 111 miles per hour.
“The storm poses a ...
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Hagee Ministries: ‘No Comment’ on Tropical Storm Gustav
Think Progress —
... Think Progress asked Rev. Hagee’s spokesperson, Kara Silverman, whether Gustav’s possible impact on the Republican National Convention might be seen as punishment against Republicans for their not having done enough to combat the “homosexual agenda,” or whether this storm could be attributed to some other divine wrath? ...
Gustav Threatens RNC Convention Plans
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
All tracking models of this thing suggest it could get pretty freaking nasty and this has RNC Convention planners, the McCain Camp, and others considering possibly delaying the convention…
This from Fox News:
DENVER — Mindful of the pitfalls of hosting cocktail parties while Gulf Coast residents are being evacuated, John McCain’s campaign suggested Thursday that Republicans could postpone their upcoming national convention in St. Paul if Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall over the weekend.
Accu-Weather storm trackers ...
Rove On Hurricanes In August: "The Republicans Can't Seem To Get A Break"
TPM Election Central —
Priorities, priorities.
Check out this Karl Rove quote buried in a Fox News article about the threat Hurricane Gustav poses to the GOP's convention plans:
"The Republicans can't seem to get a break when it comes to August and when it comes to the weather," said Rove, a FOX News analyst. "I know this is being thought a lot about in Washington and at the White House and discussed and I suspect they will monitor it carefully and figure out what to do."
Yeah, Katrina (which hit in August 2005) was really rough on those ...
Hurricane Gustav Threatens GOP Convention
Gateway Pundit —
Hurricane Gustav is threatening to delay the RNC Convention next week in Minnesota. Projected path of Hurricane Gustav (Weather Channel) FOX News is reporting: Mindful of the pitfalls of hosting cocktail parties while Gulf Coast residents are being evacuated, John McCain’s campaign suggested Thursday that Republicans could postpone their upcoming national convention in St. Paul if Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall over the weekend. Accu-Weather storm trackers say nothing is impeding Gustav from ...
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Sister Toldjah —
... —– As Tropical Storm Gustav gains strength and blazes a path, possibly towards New Orleans, it could change the GOP convention scheduling. Fox News has the full story. ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... What a night last night. A threat of a winning Democrat begets lots of dumb stuff from conservatives and Republicans. Start with Fox News: Gustav Threatens GOP Convention Plans. The Gulf Coast? Not Fox's concern. ...
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WTF Is It Now?!? —
... "[Porculent asswipe Karl] Rove on the chance of Gustav hitting during the RNC: 'The Republicans can't seem to get a break when it comes to August and when it comes to the weather.' Truly, Republicans were the real victims of Katrina." -- headline at fark.com today. ...
Republican Convention may be postponed by Gustav
News Hounds —
... FOXNews.com reports: "Mindful of the pitfalls of hosting cocktail parties while Gulf Coast residents are being evacuated, John McCain’s campaign suggested Thursday that Republicans could postpone their upcoming national convention in St. Paul if Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall over the weekend." ...
Category 3 Dilemma Headed Towards St. Paul
The BRAD BLOG —
... FOXNews.com reports: "Mindful of the pitfalls of hosting cocktail parties while Gulf Coast residents are being evacuated, John McCain’s campaign suggested Thursday that Republicans could postpone their upcoming national convention in St. Paul if Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall over the weekend." ...
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Memo To Gulf Coast: Heed The Warnings
lawhawk.blogspot.com 8/27/2008 — The latest hurricane in the 2008 season, Hurricane Gustav, is tearing through Haiti and Cuba, but is expected to make landfall somewhere along the Gulf Coast some time next week. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is already warning his residents to be aware and prepared for the possibility of landfall or the need to evacuate.In a news conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he
Election Central Sunday Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 8/31/2008 — Bush Now Unlikely To Be At GOP Convention
President Bush will probably not be attending the Republican convention anymore, a last-minute schedule change on account of the imminent landfall of Hurricane Gustav in the Gulf Coast. It's still possible ...
McCain’s Disastrous Politics of Gustav
democracyarsenal.org 8/31/2008 — Today, Obama stated that he would stay out of the way as Hurricane Gustav once again threatens the Gulf Coast. Even Bush, who three years ago celebrated Katrina’s landfall at John McCain’s birthday party, is staying away.
What does McCain do? Just ...
McCain may deliver convention speech from disaster zone.
thinkprogress.org 8/31/2008 — Politico reports that the impending landfall of Hurricane Gustav has forced Republicans to scramble their convention plans . President Bush may not attend altogether, and John McCain may deliver his acceptance speech from the hurricane-stricken areas ...
Hurricane Gustav
talkleft.com 8/31/2008 — From Michael Chertoff's press conference today: CHERTOFF : As you know if you followed the latest weather report, Hurricane Gustav is headed, I’d say at this point likely landfall somewhere between Vermilion Bay and New Orleans in Louisiana. Again, it’s possible this will change, ...
Early Morning Swim —
Firedoglake
Special doin' a heckuva job edition.
Gustav could make landfall in Louisiana by sunrise .
As this is election season, the GOP is making a show of caring .
But they're also already politicizing Gustav .
The McSame campaign, on the other hand, doesn't seem to be on top of things .
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COAST STARTS TO FEEL GUSTAV —
The Page by Mark Halperin
Following the evacuation of nearly 2 million people off the Louisiana coast, Gustav reached the shore early Monday, with an expected landfall midday potentially west of New Orleans.
Forecasters say Gustav will probably not be the Category 4 storm originally predicted.
Louisiana ...
Gustav —
Political Animal
Gustav Hurricane Gustav is projected to make landfall tomorrow morning. Our thoughts are with the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. There's good information on the weather at Jeff Masters' blog and Weather Nerd; and on New Orleans...
Gustav: Good News and Bad News —
The Moderate Voice
The latest updates on Gustav offer both good and bad news.
The bad news is that the storm is moving more quickly than expected. The original track had the storm making landfall sometime tomorrow but it now appears that impact could be sometime overnight. This means that the coastal areas are ...
Gustav Expected to Make Landfall Monday —
Drudge Retort
Hurricane Gustav dropped to a Category 3 storm as it rolled across western Cuba early Sunday, but forecasters predicted it would regain strength as it roared through the Gulf of Mexico to a landfall on the Louisiana coast sometime during the day on Monday.
Gustav apology by Dem: God on our side' —
The Swamp
by Mark Silva
ST. PAUL, Minn. - It seems Michael Moore, the radical filmmaker, isn't the only one who sees God's hand in Gustav.
Don Fowler, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, suggested that the hurricane's predicted landfall on the day the Republican National Convention ...
Gustav Could Be Boon to GOP —
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right
The conventional wisdom seems to hold that Hurricane Gustav, expected to make landfall at some point within the next 12-24 hours, could quite literally be a disaster for the Republicans as they attempt to hold their National Convention in St. Paul. I am here to present a devil's advocate case ...
Hurricane Gustav —
Patterico's Pontifications
[Guest post by DRJ]
Category 3 Hurricane Gustav is moving toward the Gulf Coast and expected to make landfall in Louisiana sometime Monday morning. The “good” news is it’s weakening and moving comparatively quickly but it’s still a dangerous storm.
It’s also ...
New Orleans Ordered Evacuated —
Booman Tribune
Gustav may or may not prove to be the "Mother of all Storms" but clearly Mayor Nagin doesn't want to wait to find out. It will be either a Category 3 or 4 storm when it does reach landfall on the US coast sometime Monday. NEW ORLEANS, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav churned toward the ...
The Heat is On —
Daily Kos
Hurricane Gustav continues to pose a serious threat to residents along the gulf and is projected to make landfall Monday on the Louisiana coast. New Orleans has been ordered evacuated and energy infrastructure abandoned ahead of Gustav. Louisiana residents can dial 211 if you need shelter, ...
Bush ‘unlikely’ to attend GOP convention. —
Think Progress
This morning, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said that it is “ unlikely the president will travel to Minnesota on Monday ” because of concerns about Hurricane Gustav. “We are currently preparing alternate plans.” Gustav is expected to make landfall along the Gulf ...
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