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SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION BUDGET

Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 16:32

Here is the Scripps Howard News Service budget of stories and opinion pieces on the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION for Wednesday, Sept. 3, 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-NOTEBOOK03 (SHNS) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: Snapshots from the Republican National Convention. 500.GOP-ILLWINDS (Brandt, Minneapolis Star Tribune) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: Democrats were back on the attack Wednesday, responding quickly a day after political sniping as usual returned to the Republican convention's prime-time lineup. 300.GOP-PALINWEAR (Bluemink, Anchorage Daily News) -- There are maternity T-shirts that say "Palin Power," and others that say "Our Mama Beats Your Obama." There's even a "Wonder Palin" thong. Entrepreneurs are going full throttle to market GOP vice presidential pick Sarah Palin-related items. 450.GOP-LATENIGHT (Ward, Minneapolis Star Tribune) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: Late-night talk-show monologues making merry with the Sarah Palin soap opera, sometimes with a bipartisan twist. 600.GOP-ALASKANS (Hollander, White & Cockerham, Anchorage Daily News) -- At the Republican National Convention, reporters formed long lines in front of individual Alaska delegates, waiting to interview an Alaskan about vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin. In Palin's hometown, the Wasilla mayor tried to organize the press who have flocked there. 700.COMMENT:GOP-WATCH03 (Ann McFeatters, SHNS -- Column) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: Both Barack Obama and John McCain are promising change. What does each candidate mean by that? 600.GOP-KERSTEN03 (Kersten, Minneapolis Star Tribune -- Column) -- ST. PAUL, Minn.: Hawaii's GOP Gov. Linda Lingle recounts the day Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin went into labor at a governor's conference. 550.SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALS:EDBUSHES (McFeatters, SHNS) -- President Bush a no-show at the Republican Convention -- and that's just fine with many GOP supporters. 390.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)