Rudy to be keynote speaker at GOP convention
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will deliver the keynote address on the second night of the Republican National Convention.
Two other unsuccessful presidential candidates, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, will speak the same night. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, another also-ran in the GOP presidential campaign, is scheduled to speak the third night.
And Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman, who served as Al Gore’s running mate in 2000, will be a speaker on the first night along with President Bush, Vice President Cheney and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger .
The 2008 Republican National Convention also announced today the themes for each of the four nights in St. Paul, Minn. It starts with service on Monday, Sept 1 followed by reform, prosperity and peace.
The slate of speakers for the four nights includes Cindy McCain, wife of the presumptive GOP nominee; 10 current and former Republican governors; and five current and former U.S. Senators. Two businesswomen who often serve as surrogates for the McCain campaign, former HP executive Carly Fiorina and former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman, also will speak.
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This is a huge development..notwithstanding the constant
rantings of people like rush and hannity…to feature
a moderate pro choice republican like giuliani as the
keynote speaker says a lot about the libertarian streak
in John McCain…It is about time that the party stopped
cow towing to the hard right and recognized that you can
be republican on all matterss fiscal and foreign policy
and not have to be a social conservative…good for
McCain..and thats why he is going to win
McCain Takes Lead Over Obama
Reuters
posted: 1 HOUR 48 MINUTES AGOcomments: 894filed under: Election News, Barack Obama, John McCainPrintShareText SizeAAAWASHINGTON (Aug. 20) – In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
McCain leads Obama among likely U.S. voters by 46 percent to 41 percent, wiping out Obama’s solid 7-point advantage in July and taking his first lead in the monthly Reuters/Zogby poll.
You will notice this blog has not posted this important poll of likely voters. But this blog would publish a story about Hillary or Obama if they led by 1 percent in Guam.
The Reuters article is itself biased. It states McCain’s strong turnaound is because of his “negative” ads. There are no negative ads. There are funny ads, and truthful ads, but that isn’t negative.
Much of the turnaround is because the public is seeing Obama for what he is: a lightweight socialist with no credentials. But big media doesn’t want to admit that.
See Michael Goodwin’s very good column on Obama and the media under Opinions in today’s http://www.nydailynews.com.
Many New Yorkers love Rudy
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, He will deliver a “SPEECH” some calling it a “KEYNOTE” I think not.
The speech that will the real “KEYNOTE” will be Huckabee.
One named missing is Ron Paul, I know Ron is planning his “OWN” convention, but he should be speaking at the Republican Convention to.
He received more votes than Rudy, I will say it again Rudy it is time to “RETIRE”, your days are over and any comeback will be your “WATERLOO”
VJ Machiavelli
http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com
RE: To feature a moderate pro choice republican like giuliani as the keynote speaker says a lot about the libertarian streak in John McCain…It is about time that the party stopped cow towing to the hard right…..
Stop it please! That is NOT why they are letting Rudy speak!
Your next VP is a Stauch Pro-Life strong Social Conservative!
Rudy is speaking to bring 9-11 issues for McCain tough act…etc..etc…etc…..
LIBERALS cannot and will not ever run the National Republican Party.
Trust me…Please again I ask you to forget Westchester poltics on National level. (BTW…Notice Rudy is NOT the candidate)....Also Trust me wneh i say that as we speak Social Conservatives are blowing up Tom Ridge. (Catholic Brass)
Jim Kelly – NY Conservative Camapaigns
Giuliani is settling in to his role as a McCain attack dog on foreign policy.
BTW….A Liberal cannot and will not be a Attorney General either…..Rudy is in it for Ice-T
Highway money for his crew.
thats not the point the point is that Rudy was given
a premier spot..and he is not pro life…and you know
tht MCain will not be anywhere near as committed to
pro life as you conservatives want him to be..its just
that Obama will be a lot worse
these are just some of the stories this morning from
around the country by journalists..but they all have
one thing in common Obama is fading..and there is doubt
about him in many quarters…the democratic convention
shoudl be a doosy
Obama: In Need of a Game Changer – David Gergen, CNN
It’s Up to Obama to Erase the Doubt – Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
Conventions Need a Believable Script – Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Voters Want Reassurance from Obama – David Broder, Washington Post
Hillary’s Hellions – Kirsten Powers, New York Post
Obama Needs a Narrative – Steven Stark
so there is doubet, obama needs to reassure voters
Obama needs anarrative and Hillaries people are
still not comfortable…..HE WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT
There appears to be a BIG issue brewing regarding Obama’s votes as an Illinois legislator in which he did not oppose a bill that would have permitted a child born as the result of an abortion error to be killed. Ie., the abortion didn’t work and the baby was born alive.
He is trying desperately to waffle his way out of this one, but it doesn’t seem to be working. If this new issue is true, it means Obama did not oppose what would be infanticide. Murder. If true, this will do him in.
John McCain was on National TV last weekend (Obama had a slot also) with the Christian Conservatives Q&A’s.
On that interview McCain solidified a number of times about his Pro-Life 25 year plus voting record in Congress. McCain also stated on that very same interview that Life started at conception!
McCain has been working overtime to solidified his Social Conservative Base for the last two weeks. That is his new game plan.
BTW I know as a fact the game plan is now being designed in Philadelphia with a Social Conservative Think Tank. McCain now understands he needs those millions of votes with the base.
If….Tom Ridge is the man it is over for McCain.
don;t worry Jim…McCain will do whatever he has do
post innauguration to make you guys feel comfortable
after that , as president he will do exactly what he
thinks is the right thing to do..regardless of ideology
i hope rudi finds the appropriate costume and the right shade of lipstick that doesn’t smudge when he smooches mccain
McCain has already told the world his view on selectins of the Top Courts. That is all he has to do.
BTW…...ACU (My people) give McCain at 85% or something close to that. I will take that. McCain voting record is not all that bad