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What we mean when we say ‘country first’

By Jefferson Morley | 09.03.08 | 12:17 am

The ideals of “country first,” and “service” won lavish praise at the Republican National Convention last night. The realities of the Republican party and President George W. Bush got rather less respect.
A parade of speakers in St. Paul, including…

Lieberman is in Dayton, says NBC; Romney, like Pawlenty, is not

By Steve Perry | 08.29.08 | 9:06 am

TalkLeft is reporting that NBC says Joe Lieberman is in Dayton, Ohio, where John McCain is expected to introduce his running mate later this morning.
Politico’s Jonathan Martin says that Mitt Romney, like Minnesota Gov. Tim…

Pawlenty: I’ll be at the fair today

By Steve Perry | 08.29.08 | 7:12 am

When my old AM clock radio alarm went off half an hour ago, I awoke to the sound of Tim Pawlenty telling Eric Eskola that he would be at the state fair for his radio show this morning. So unless…

McCain veepstakes: Secret Service sweeps a Romney relative’s house (oh my!); Pawlenty depressed today? (updated)

By Steve Perry | 08.28.08 | 3:30 pm

Updated 6:15 pm: see below.
More from the political wire about John McCain’s impending VP pick:
David Drucker, Roll Call: “If security sweeps are the giveaway, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may be on the brink of…

Last-minute GOP veepstakes buzz: McCain really wants Lieberman

By Steve Perry | 08.28.08 | 9:51 am


Politico’s Mike Allen reported this morning that McCain has made his VP pick and will notify that person today in advance of tomorrow’s planned rollout rallies in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The short list is thought to…

Novak, from his sick bed, writes to warn of “Lieberman disaster”

By Steve Perry | 08.27.08 | 11:21 am

Bob Novak, the eternal GOP hall monitor who was recently diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, has taken up the pen again to warn of the McCain campaign’s continuing flirtation with naming Joe Lieberman as Johnny Mac’s running mate.
Novak:…

Hagee follies, continued: Lieberman will headline pastor’s We End the World summit

By Steve Perry | 05.28.08 | 10:02 am

John McCain may have had to disavow Pastor John Hagee following the disclosure of Hagee’s anti-Catholic and God-sent-Hitler screeds, but Connecticut Senator and putative non-Republican Joe Lieberman is once again standing tall at the side of the TV preacher Lieberman…

Lieberman to attend GOP convention if McCain the nominee

By Jeff Fecke | 01.30.08 | 1:35 pm

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., says he will attend the Republican National Convention if Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wins the Republican National Convention.

In a report by the Associated Press, Lieberman said he would not…