Recalling the GOP Convention's Festival of Falling Stars

as we prepare to head out in a couple of weeks for the back-to-back Democratic convention in Denver and Republican convention in St. Paul, another way of illustrating the GOP's hard and fast slide emerges. A look at the list of featured speakers at the 2004 Republican convention is itself a graphic illustration of why just four years ago seems like the good old days to so many Republican loyalists. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Subjects: Politics, U.S.
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Republican Party, Republican Nomination
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 8, 2008 - 7:21 AM PDT
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by Chris Finnie - Aug. 8, 2008

It's all true, I'm just not sure what his point is. If it's that personal scandals have hurt the GOP, I think he's wrong. I think GOP positions tend to attract "business-friendly" candidates who fall prey to the ready cash. If it's that many of the expected "rising stars" of the party have fallen prey to a variety of disasters, thus decimating their farm team, then he's right. He just isn't too clear about it.

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