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Salon: News & Politics Original, independent news coverage of top U.S. and world stories, with an emphasis on investigative reporting. John McCain, Republican top gun at last by Walter Shapiro 5 Sep 2008 at 12:37pm The "imperfect" war hero steered clear of George W. Bush as he took aim at Barack Obama and tried to marshal his tarnished party. Kwame Kilpatrick exits, with Barack Obama holding the door by Edward McClelland 4 Sep 2008 at 2:51pm With the presidential race in Michigan too close for comfort, it can only help Obama that Detroit's racially divisive and felonious mayor has finally lost his job. McCain's big running-mate rollout by Walter Shapiro 4 Sep 2008 at 1:40pm Romney and Giuliani helped supply Wednesday night's "paranoid" conservative politics, while Sarah Palin showed she's no Dick Cheney. Democrats behind enemy lines in Minnesota by Mike Madden 4 Sep 2008 at 11:36am The Obama campaign sets up shop at the Republican National Convention, but thanks to Sarah Palin the GOP is handling all the negative messaging itself. My convention is bigger than your convention by Alex Koppelman 3 Sep 2008 at 3:35pm Ron Paul draws more people and more excitement than John McCain's show across town -- but he also attracts some scary "old friends." Welcome to John McCain's party by Walter Shapiro 3 Sep 2008 at 12:14pm President Bush is beamed in from afar and Joe Lieberman cheerleads for Sarah Palin, as the Republicans press ahead with a baffling convention. McCain: No, really, we vetted her! by Mike Madden 3 Sep 2008 at 11:00am As revelations about Sarah Palin mount, the McCain team scrambles to dispel reports that they didn't know what they were getting into. New Orleans dodges disaster by Kathryn Jezer-Morton and Gray Miles 2 Sep 2008 at 12:38pm A milder than predicted Gustav spares the city, but the region's hurricane response remains in tatters. Hurricane Bristol hits Minnesota by Mike Madden 2 Sep 2008 at 12:37pm Republicans try to brush off the tempest over Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and turn that other storm in Louisiana into a political prop. New Orleans worried about levees by Kathryn Jezer-Morton and Gray Miles 1 Sep 2008 at 11:14am Locals are jazzed by the swift emergency response to Hurricane Gustav. But doubts about post-Katrina repairs to the flood-control system have the city shaking. Bush, McCain and the GOP try to dodge Katrina 2.0 by Mike Madden 1 Sep 2008 at 11:05am The Republicans cancel most of the start of their convention as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans, three years after Katrina wrecked it. Palin: A "maverick" move or a nod to the GOP base? by Mike Madden 29 Aug 2008 at 7:00pm She adds youth -- and inexperience -- to the 72-year-old McCain's ticket, but she is a by-the-book social conservative. Liquoring up the Democrats by Mike Madden 29 Aug 2008 at 1:02pm Corporations with business pending in Washington spared no expense on Denver parties. American revolutionary by Walter Shapiro 29 Aug 2008 at 11:28am In his acceptance speech, Barack Obama stood up for Democratic values, took the fight to McCain -- and proved that the United States is still capable of reinventing itself. John Kerry: I learned my lesson in 2004 by Thomas Schaller 28 Aug 2008 at 5:48pm The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee talks about his blistering attack on John McCain in Wednesday's speech -- and what he should've done differently four years ago. Newsfeed display by CaRP