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2008 Democratic National Convention

Welcome to St. Paul: Your 2008 Convention Guide

Mike Riley
Welcome to St. Paul and Minneapolis. Every four years, Republicans gather at their national convention to pick a presidential nominee, and Congressional Quarterly is right there to chronicle this history in the making. As always, we are looking forward to spending the week with you, and we trust you know that you can rely on CQ here as an indispensable font of news and information, just as you do back in Washington.

Presidential Candidate Profile

The Rebel's Cause: Getting Both Sides Onto His Side

John McCain has spent his career battling the GOP almost as often as the Democrats -- tough to do if he's president working with an opposition Congress.

Delegation

State-by-State Analysis

Down to a Precious Few

McCain's strategy seeks to tip some crucial states into the red while holding onto reliable Republican territory.

Presidential Election Map

CQ Race Ratings: Displays our competitiveness ratings by state.
Scenario Builder: Lets you make your own projections on the election outcome.
Historical View: Shows state-by-state election results since 1968.

Convention

YOU SHOULD KNOW

HISTORICAL DATA

John Cranford

Economic Reality Check, Part II

Can McCain get voters to climb on his thinly braced economic platform? No sign they’re lining up so far.

Vantage Point

Minnesota's Political Historic Spots

Nine locations that are key to the state's unusual political history that Republican convention-goers might visit.

Vantage Point

Sin in the Twin Cities

Corruption in Minneapolis got so bad that it was the subject of a 1903 magazine article by Lincoln Steffens called "The Shame of Minneapolis."

Vantage Point

A Long Way Since 1892 GOP Convention

A leafy block of condos in downtown Minneapolis covers the site of the only other national political convention in the Twin Cities: the 1892 GOP gathering.

Politifact

Tax Hike Claims Overblown

Barack Obama wants "a tax increase for everyone earning more than $42,000 a year."
— John McCain , Aug. 11, in an Internet ad

Vantage Point

Big Money People

The parties share the heaviest political contributors and those who solicit and then "bundle" the donations of others and pass them along to candidates and party committees.

Vantage Point

GOP Faithful Host the Party

The Xcel Energy Center arena, where Sen. John McCain will be nominated on Thursday, was built and is owned by a predominantly Democratic city, but it's managed by Republicans.

Vantage Point

Democrats by Any Other Name

Democrats aren’t just Democrats in Minnesota: They’re members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, a political oddity confusing to newcomers but comfortable to Minnesotans.