SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION BUDGET

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Here is the Scripps Howard News Service budget of stories and opinion pieces on the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION for Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.NEWS ... PROFILES ... NOTES:GOP-NOTEBOOK01 (SHNS) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: Snapshots from the Republican National Convention. 500.GOP-116YEARS (Meersman, Minneapolis Star Tribune) -- The last time Republicans came to Minnesota for a national political convention, they arrived by train and moved around the host city of Minneapolis in horse-drawn carriages or newly electrified streetcars. It was 1892, and Minneapolis was eager to prove itself as an up-and-coming city to the rest of the nation. 700.GOP-PARTIES (Shelman, Minneapolis Star Tribune) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: Fund-raising for hurricane victims replaces convention partying, at least for now. 450.NOBUZZ (Justin, Minneapolis Star Tribune) -- The Republican Party could put on a floor show to rival Beijing's Opening Ceremony, present the most inspiring speech since Abraham Lincoln wowed 'em at Gettysburg and set off enough fireworks to light up North Korea, but the media will still have a hard time getting over the Barack Obama Show. Some won't even try. 700.COMMENT:GOP-WATCH01 (Ann McFeatters, SHNS -- Column) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: The confirmation that Sarah Palin's 17-year-old unwed daughter is pregnant has added an entirely new -- underground -- element to the presidential campaign. Women's issues will be front-and-center, forcing both parties to adapt. 500.GOP-MERCER01 (Mercer, Media General News Service -- Column) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: Among Republicans here for their national convention, the initial surprise -- if not shock -- of John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate quickly morphed into near elation. 500.GOP-BATTEN01 (Batten, SHNS -- Column) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: A subdued Florida delegation to the Republican National Convention here met Monday for prayer and to hear how their plans for the week have been curtailed. 500.SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALS:EDPALIN (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- We knew John McCain was superstitious. He carries his lucky coins everywhere. And having a hurricane arrive during your convention on the anniversary week of Katrina might make anybody in his position superstitious. What we didn't know is that he is a high-stakes political gambler. 430. (Editors: This is moving categories p and k.)EDTWINCITIES (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- The local boosters and planners of the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., probably expected -- if not exactly this -- something like it. It must be some kind of Scandinavian gloom thing. 300. (Editors: This is moving categories p and k.)(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)