Dick Cheney is on right now! UPDATE: 11:00PM Cheney is gone. He was awesome too... Click below for Cheney's speech...
Zell Miller was absolutely amazing tonight!!!!! I was up at Bloggers Corner with some fellow bloggers watching on the TV and it was absolutely incredible. Zell had great lines, great jabs at Kerry and we almost couldn't believe just how authoritative he was. He hit the ball out of the...
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Keeping The Ass In Mass
By Matt Margolis at
09:57 PM
I saw Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kerry Healey and Governor Mitt Romney speak tonight. I have to say, Kerry Healey did a terrible job pulling off that speech. Hailing from Massachusetts, I was really disappointed in her. Mitt on the other hand redeemed Massachusetts and he was great to watch. I...
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Face To Face With McCain
By Matt Margolis at
09:56 PM
Kevin from Wizbang and I went off for some grub earlier and apparently we couldn't bring the food back to Bloggers Corner. We decided at a one point to check out the arena and we were kind of stuck at one of the entries, next thing we knew, John McCain...
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Honoring the Gipper
By Matt Margolis at
09:39 PM
I was in the big arena during the Ronald Reagan tribute earlier tonight... Incredible moment....
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Interview with Jim Holt, Candidate from Arkansas for the U.S. Senate
By Matt Margolis at
08:36 PM
Tonight I got an interview with Jim Holt of Arkansas, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. We had a really good interview, we discuss his candidacy and the need to elect Republicans to the Senate. Check out the interview, then check out his website and be sure to help him...
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Cuties For Bush
By Matt Margolis at
06:30 PM
Samantha, 20 (left) and Hillary, 21 (right)...
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Terry McAuliffe, Ignorant on the Blogosphere
By Matt Margolis at
05:49 PM
After Terry McAuliffe decided to give credit to the already discredited story of Kerry's Cambodia "missions" he was interviewed by some fellow RNC Bloggers. Once again, Terry McAuliffe has absolutely no understanding of a particular issue. An issue very close to many of us who frequent this site: Q: Why...
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Terry McAuliffe Says Kerry "Went To Cambodia Twice"
By Matt Margolis at
05:23 PM
Bloggers get the scoop. Terry McAuliffe says he believes John Kerry went to Cambodia twice, then criticizes George W. Bush's service. I guess Terry needs to read up on this a bit more. Of course, my questions is this: Is John Kerry going to condemn the DNC Chairman's criticisms of...
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Franken Engages Hannity
By Matt Margolis at
05:10 PM
I was there to witness Al Franken approach Sean Hannity while on break from his show. Surprisingly enough it was a civil exchange, even if Franken lied to Sean about what happened with Laura Ingraham's producer....
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Bloggers Interview Former Senator Alan Simpson from Wyoming
By Matt Margolis at
03:32 PM
RNC bloggers got an interview with former Senator Alan Simpson from Wyoming. We began, and when he realized we were bloggers he said, "You thought I was adept at all this didn't you?" He told us has a Palm Pilot, and that he had e-mail but got rid of it...
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Protesters Disrupt Youth Convention
By Matt Margolis at
02:25 PM
Earlier this afternoon I made my way down to the floor and arrived after the Youth Convention meeting. I had heard reports that there was some protesters who were forced to leave so I went to find out. I spoke with Tiffany, 24, from Texas, who told me about the...
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Don King On John Kerry
By Matt Margolis at
12:10 PM
This morning I got to follow around Don King as he was being shuffled from interview to interview. I first caught him being interviewed on Fox News Radio with Tony Snow. Now, I didn't know this until I saw him here at the convention, but Don King is an avid...
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More Photos From Al Franken's Monday Night Fight
By Matt Margolis at
11:03 AM
I just got these in, here are all the available photos of Al Franken's fight with Laura Ingraham's producer:...
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Speech Reflections
By Matt Margolis at
03:28 AM
I was down at the floor, less than thirty feet away from the stage. The crowd went wild when Arnold came up. It was almost funny seeing him in person after so many years of seeing him on screen or on TV. Similarly, for someone from Hollywood to be up...
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Our Clash With Al Franken
By Matt Margolis at
12:09 AM
That's right, you read correctly. After we got the scoop on his fight with the producer of Laura Ingraham's radio show, we felt inclined to approach him when we saw him standing by Blogger's Corner. Kevin from Wizbang has a photo and a brief recounting of our inquiries on that...
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August 31, 2004
Salon Dumps On RNC Bloggers
By Matt Margolis at
11:35 PM
Yeah, whatever, who cares? UPDATE: Kevin McCullough defends us... UPDATE: Captain Ed rips into Follmann's piece...
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Back From The Convention Floor
By Matt Margolis at
10:58 PM
I have just returned from the convention floor. I was very close to the stage and took plenty of photos... Here's a sampling Quick thoughts on the speeches: Arnold was great. The crowd loved him, and he spoke very well. I expected that his speech would include his personal story...
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Interview with Pat Spero of Bush Country Ketchup
By Matt Margolis at
08:55 PM
Click below for an interview with Pat Spero, contributing writer to Blogs For Bush and founder of Bush Country Ketchup...
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Al Franken's Fight on Radio Row Yesterday
By Matt Margolis at
08:10 PM
More details to follow. Check out Wizbang for a pending interview with firsthand witness. But, we do have photos: UPDATE: 8:26PM **INTERVIEW IN PROGRESS** UPDATE: 8:41PM **CHECK WIZBANG FOR MORE INFO**...
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General Tommy Franks Supports President Bush for Reelection!
By Matt Margolis at
05:08 PM
Click here for RNC Bloggers Interview with General Tommy Franks: We got General Franks' first official endorsement of President Bush for reelection. After talking with us he went on to Sean Hannity's Show, where he was supposed to announce it first! Captain Ed is working on the transcript Check out...
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Terry McAuliffe
By Matt Margolis at
04:21 PM
After Terry McAuliffe finished on Sean Hannity's show he spoke with some media, and have captured the audio of that brief encounter:...
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Terry on Hannity
By Matt Margolis at
04:02 PM
Terry McAuliffe is about to go on Hannity's show!...
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Win Ben Stein's Photo
By Matt Margolis at
03:09 PM
I got to meet Ben Stein after the end of Laura Bush's speech soundcheck. Ciick for a larger image...
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The Bush Ladies
By Matt Margolis at
02:57 PM
The bloggers were fortunate enough to get to Laura Bush with Jenna and Barbara on stage after speech soundchecks. We missed the actual soundchecks but we got close enough to the stage to get a few photos while they were still there....
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Roaming Madison Square Garden
By Matt Margolis at
02:06 PM
As I said before, I got to the convention early today, security was much quicker to get through. I forgot to mention that after I got through the security check, I turned around as saw that Don King was a few spots behind me. It was a humorous scene seeing...
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Audio Blogging from Bloggers Corner
By Matt Margolis at
12:54 PM
Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! UPDATE: 1:40PM, back online......
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Blogs For Bush in USAToday
By Matt Margolis at
11:22 AM
Yesterday I did an interview with USA Today, you can read it here....
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Settling Back At Bloggers Corner
By Matt Margolis at
10:32 AM
Hey everyone, I've been here at Bloggers Corner for about an hour an half setting up. It seems as if Blogs For Bush was having some server issues... but things seem okay right now. I am here right now with Captain Ed, and Kevin McCullough has stopped by. I was...
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I am on the phone with C-SPAN right now! UPDATE: 8:01 AM, it's over. I hope I did alright. Any get to watch? UPDATE: Click here, you may be able to find a streaming video of it....
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Monday Round Up
By Matt Margolis at
02:45 AM
Well, I'm back at Kevin's for the night. Monday was a long and fantastic day. I did not get blog this morning about our Blogger Breakfast at the Southgate Hotel, where BC'04 Chief Strategist Matthew Dowd spoke to the bloggers. David from OxBlog has a good write up of the...
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August 30, 2004
RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!
By Matt Margolis at
11:50 PM
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Giuliani's Remarks
By Matt Margolis at
10:11 PM
Once again, Blogs For Bush has them. Click below:...
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McCain's Remarks
By Matt Margolis at
09:57 PM
We got them here at Blogs For Bush! Click below:...
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There She Is... Miss America...
By Matt Margolis at
09:46 PM
I just finished an interview with Miss America 2003 Erika Harold: Here is the interview: POST CONVENTION UPDATE: After having a quick dinner at Roy Rogers across from Madison Square Garden, we made our way back into the convention (after a lovely experience going through security again.) Not long after...
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National Review Party
By Matt Margolis at
08:34 PM
Shortly after our interview with Ari Fleischer we went to the Turtle Bay Grill for NRO Bar Night with the folks from National Review. It was packed, but it was a good time. I got to meet Jonah Goldberg, and Senator Rick Santorum stopped by as well. Jonah Goldberg and...
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Ari Fleischer with the Bloggers
By Matt Margolis at
04:18 PM
Click the button to hear the interview: POST CONVENTION UPDATE: An hour or so after Ken Mehlman left, we got another great interview with Ari Fleischer, who told us about working with President Bush, saying "he's a wonderful man to work for, and I think that's why you see such...
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Ken Mehlman stopped by Bloggers Corner, I was coming back from my KMC LIVE interview so I didn't get all of it, but I did get to introduce myself, and he even said Blogs For Bush was his favorite blog! I hope to get another chance to ask him some...
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On The Air With Kevin McCullough on KMC LIVE
By Matt Margolis at
03:33 PM
Earlier today I was on the air with Bush-blogger Kevin McCullough on his radio show You should be able to hear the show in his radio archives. I should be back on his show every day this week during the convention....
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Sean Hannity Is In The Building!
By Matt Margolis at
02:08 PM
I'm pretty sure this was mentioned before, but Bloggers Corner is directly across from Sean Hannity's broadcasting booth, and he has just arrived. Earlier today I saw Al Franken at Air America's broadcasting booth. I guess Air America is still on the air... quite surprising....
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RNC Bloggers Interview Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch
By Matt Margolis at
12:29 PM
We got an exclusive interview with the former Mayor. This was our first exclusive interview, all of the bloggers gathered around to ask him questions. He first asked what blogs were, and after the explanation he joked "So I'm a half-assed blogger!" We talked about his endorsement of President Bush,...
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Alan Keyes Gets Interviewed
By Matt Margolis at
11:35 AM
I got real close to Alan Keyes getting interviewed by the media....
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Audio Blogging from Bloggers Corner
By Matt Margolis at
10:06 AM
Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! POST CONVENTION UPDATE: Monday morning at 8 am was our Blogger's Breakfast: Our breakfast with the bloggers Monday morning was a nice kickoff event to the week of covering the convention. Bush-Cheney '04 campaign strategist Matthew Dowd spoke to us, giving...
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Big Night In The City
By Matt Margolis at
01:32 AM
Today, (well, yesterday) was a big day. Earlier, I was fortunate enough to stumble upon Dick Cheney's speech sound check, and this evening was a quite interesting as well. First, some RNC Bloggers got together at the Churrascaria Plataforma, a Brazilian barbecue restaurant. Hugh Hewitt was there to join us....
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August 29, 2004
Dick Cheney's Speech Sound Check
By Matt Margolis at
07:15 PM
Well, as you already heard, Scott and I were able to witness the speech soundchecks of Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney. This was really cool to see. We didn't expect to find ourselves in the same room as the Vice President. We had come to Madison Square Garden...
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Matt Phones in a Report
By Russ Emerson at
05:38 PM
Matt calls to say that the audio-blogging is temporarily down, but he phoned in this report. Matt and Scott of Slant Point, having acquired their official credentials for the convention, were on the main floor of the convention center today checking things out. As they were familiarizing themselves with the...
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Audio Blogging from Union Square
By Matt Margolis at
01:40 PM
Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! UPDATE: 2:20 PM, back at homebase. We made it back safe. Jesse Jackson at Union Square...
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Audio Blogging from Herald Square II
By Matt Margolis at
01:14 PM
Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! Not many people here at this point...
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Audio Blogging from Herald Square
By Matt Margolis at
12:46 PM
Click the play button to hear live audio coverage! 34th Street...
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Waiting for C-SPAN
By Matt Margolis at
08:30 AM
I'm waiting for C-SPAN to call right now... UPDATE: 8:44 a.m. and I still haven't gotten the call.... UPDATE: 9:00 a.m., just spoke with my contact at C-SPAN, looking into it... UPDATE: 9:05 a.m. I just learned there was a technical problem at C-SPAN and they couldn't call. We have...
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August 28, 2004
Communists For Kerry at Union Square
By Matt Margolis at
07:29 PM
Today was a fairly busy day, and it is probably going to be the least busy day I'll have all week. I met up with a friend from college for lunch, then a little later I ventured over to Union Square where lots of stuff was happening. I was informed...
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Blogs For Bush on C-SPAN Sunday Morning
By Matt Margolis at
04:06 PM
Tomorrow morning at 8:15am (Eastern Time) I will be doing a short phone interview on C-SPAN with Steve Scully. Convention blogger Tacitus was on this morning, and Scott Sala from SlantPoint will be on Monday. It should be interesting, feel free to check it out. Streaming video of the show...
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Got Questions for RNC Guests, Delegates and Surrogates?
By Matt Margolis at
10:40 AM
As you know, I'm now in New York, getting ready to cover the convention! Don't forget you still have time to submit questions for potential interviewees at the Republican National Convention! As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews,...
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August 27, 2004
WaPo's Howard Kurtz On The Convention Bloggers
By Matt Margolis at
11:14 AM
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz talks about the convention bloggers, and give Blogs For Bush some linkage! The bloggers are about to storm Manhattan. Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration by the troglodyte mainstream media. There are only 15 bloggers heading to Madison Square Garden, less than half the...
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Have Questions For RNC Guests, Delegates, and Surrogates?
By Matt Margolis at
08:55 AM
I am heading off to New York later today, but you still have time to submit questions for potential interviewees at the a href="http://gopconvention.com/">Republican National Convention! As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content,...
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August 25, 2004
The Wall Street Journal Profiles The RNC Bloggers
By Matt Margolis at
10:31 PM
The Wall Street Journal has put out their feature on the RNC Bloggers. Republican Web loggers are getting ready for their shot at posting convention news and commentary, and they say they've learned from their left-leaning counterparts' experience five weeks earlier. At Madison Square Garden, the official blogger group will...
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Submit Questions For Delegates, Guests, and Surrogates!!
By Matt Margolis at
11:52 AM
We're just days away from the Republican National Convention and I will be there as credentialed blogger representing Blogs for Bush. As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content, including multimedia, to their audiences."...
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August 20, 2004
Submit Questions For Potential Interviewees at the RNC
By Matt Margolis at
08:29 AM
There are less than two weeks left before the Republican National Convention and I will be there as credentialed blogger representing Blogs for Bush. As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content, including multimedia,...
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August 19, 2004
Zell Miller To Be Keynote Speaker At GOP Convention
By Matt Margolis at
02:49 PM
From Reuters: Retiring Democratic Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia, who has backed President Bush for re-election, will deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention, Republican officials said on Thursday. Miller, who supported Bush's tax cuts and has consistently voted with the Republican Senate majority against his own party,...
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August 16, 2004
A Big Decision By 'A Small Victory'
By Matt Margolis at
10:55 PM
Scott at Slant Point has informed me that one our fellow RNC Bloggers, Michele Catalano, has decided to bow out of blogging the convention. Michele has made the decision to spend much needed time with family. Certainly this was a wise decision on her part, but we'll miss her anyway....
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Participate in Blogs For Bush's Coverage of the RNC
By Matt Margolis at
12:17 PM
As you know by now, I will be one of the credentialed bloggers at the Republican National Convention. As a credentialed blogger I will "have the opportunity to connect with delegates, guests and other surrogates for interviews, and to provide original content, including multimedia, to their audiences." Without the help...
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August 13, 2004
Boston Herald's 'Bookmark Diva' Offers Advice to GOP Convention Bloggers
By Matt Margolis at
07:33 PM
While those of us credentialed to cover the GOP Convention later this month prepare for the big party, we've been offered some advice from the Boston Herald's Bookmark Diva: The Bookmark Diva has a few words of advice for the bloggers invited to cover the Republican National Convention in New...
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August 09, 2004
Updated RNC Convention Blogger List
By Matt Margolis at
01:06 PM
Here is an updated list of credentialed bloggers for the Republican National Convention: Kevin Aylward of WizBang! Michele Catalano of Command-Post and A Small Victory UPDATE: Michele is now unable to attend. We'll miss you Michele! Matt Margolis of Blogs For Bush Captain Ed of Captain's Quarters and Blogs For...
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August 02, 2004
Updated RNC Convention Blogger List
By Matt Margolis at
06:43 PM
Thanks to Scott at Slant Point, we have an updated list of credentialed bloggers for the Republican National Convention: Kevin Aylward of WizBang! Michele Catalano of Command-Post and A Small Victory Matt Margolis of Blogs For Bush Captain Ed of Captain's Quarters and Blogs For Bush Scott Sala of Slant...
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