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Republicans Unveil War Room in Denver
The Caucus — DENVER – In a nondescript office building less than a mile from the Democratic confab at the Pepsi Center, a couple dozen Republicans will be monitoring the Democrats’ every word this week, waiting to attack. They already have a theme for the Democratic gathering: “A Mile High, An Inch Deep” and a Web site, Not Ready ’08 , which is meant to tweak the party’s presumptive nominee, Senator Barack Obama. The Republican National Committee’s “war room” will be the nucleus of their rapid response operation during an intense four days when the spotlight will be on the other party. The ...

Macomber: Operation Thorn-in-Side
Articles on National Review Online — Denver — On the second floor landing of the Republican National Committee s temporary headquarters here, a couple of volunteer coordinators stand over a large laminated map of the city like generals plotting what could easily be labeled Operation Thorn-in-Side. Plastic toy soldiers, guns at ready, are strategically placed to mark locations where young McCain volunteers, many clad in NOBAMA t -shirts and giddy with the prospect of carrying their flag into the Belly of the Great Purple Hope-Mongering Beast, will soon be dispatched. We re here to set the table from our end and basically encourage as much mayhem and sow ...

Are Republicans Being Hypocrites On Sarah Palin’s Level Of Experience?
Say Anything — ... It seems like only yesterday that the Republican Party was complaining about Barack Obama’s lack of foreign policy “experience.” (As a matter of fact, when I started writing this, it actually was yesterday.) Even now, the Republican National Committee’s main anti-Obama Web site has the witty address http://www.notready08.com. The contrast in experience, especially foreign policy experience, between John McCain and Obama was supposed to be the central focus of McCain’s campaign. ...

Republicans Scramble To Change Theme Of Convention Again, Kill “Country First”
Firedoglake — Like a sitcom that's testing badly, the GOP Convention keeps getting repackaged. The first theme, "Not Ready '08" was abandoned after McSame picked Sarah Palin. ...