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ABC News' Karen Travers reports: In an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace that will air Sunday morning, Sen. John McCain indicated that the GOP convention could be suspended because of Hurricane Gustav. "It wouldn't be appropriate to have a...
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McCain: Hurricane Gustav May Suspend RNC
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
IMHO I don’t think the RNC is going to start on time this week. This storm IS going from bad to worse.
JUST BREAKING
Urgent! : Residents Of New Orleans, Leave! Mandatory Evac. Begins Tomorrow A.M. … Gulf Coast Braces For The Worst
August 30, 2008 4:08 PM
ABC News’ Karen Travers reports:
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In an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace that will air Sunday morning, Sen. John McCain indicated that the GOP convention could be ...
New Orleans' Evacuation Ordered
Ace of Spades HQ —
... but McCain in an interview with FNC raised the possibility of suspending the convention entirely. "It wouldn't be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural disaster," McCain told Wallace. McCain said that he has been in touch with the governors of the Gulf Coast stateswhere Gustav is expected to make landfalland that his campaign would continue to monitor the now-Category 4 storm. "I'm afraid, Chris, that we may have to look at that situation and we'll try and monitor it. I've been talking to ...
Dateline: Minneapolis
Hit & Run —
... The topics of the night were Hurricane Gustav and Sarah Palin. On Gustav, I'd characterize the Republican reaction as one long "phew." Bush and Cheney can't come to the Twin Cities? Oh, too bad! Fresh-scrubbed Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) will be on TV screens demonstrating how a zero-experience executive gets things done? Good luck to him! No one yet was talking about the possibilty of further convention nights being cancelled or reworked. That's all happening today. ...
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