A look at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., site of the Republican convention, before the abbreviated opening day. Most scheduled events were halted because of Hurricane Gustav.
Jeff Merkley, a Democratic Senate candidate in Oregon, shows his prowess on foreign affairs and national security between bites of barbecue and wiping his hands on his pants.
Ambassador Said Jawad talks about the war, Pakistan, NATO, India, and the US.
The Xcel Energy Center and the Republican convention organizers held a media walkthough today, Day 10 of the buildout.
Mike Miller has helped stage 10 Republican National Conventions. He talks about the differences he sees and the necessary tasks in staging this latest edition in St. Paul.
Ryan James, former blogger and now RNC deputy director of communications, gives a lighthearted interview on Day 1 of the convention buildout.
Longer video of the presentation by Col. Leo Thorsness (USAF, ret) of his endorsement of John McCain.
Col. Leo Thorsness, USAF (ret), a Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War, spent six years in POW camps, most of the time with John McCain. He spoke with me briefly today on what that means for the upcoming election.
An interview with Kathy O'Connor, public relations director of the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis, discusses the scope of the Republican convention next month in an interview with blogger Ed Morrissey of HotAir.
Three charts illustrates liberal- conservative partisanship in Congress in three different eras, and plots where Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, President Bush and John McCain would be placed on each chart.