Marc Ambinder: McCain Campaign Stands Up Palin Truth-Squadding Team The McCain campaign is standing up a truth-squadding operation designed to push what they deem as “smears” about Gov. Sarah Palin out of circulation. … The team, headquartered in Arlington, includes Mark Paoletta, a former chief counsel for the House Energy and …

Dear Mom,  I went to the Republican National Convention and all I got was this lousy mugshot. Members of this motley crew know each other because: A. They play together on St. Paul’s field hockey team B. They’re day care providers who got carried away at recess C. They take …

It’s not unusual for Republican bloggers to occasionally get carried away over items that ordinary folks find irrelevant, but in this particular case – this astronomical blunder might just lead to McCain losing New Mexico.  And heads need to roll!  [outrageous] So just what happened? Well, apparently last night during …

So pardon if we’re repeating ourselves, but… We’ve cranked up the FamousDC Twitter machine and we have all RNC convention gossip you’ll ever need. Go ahead, sign up for the FamousDC #rnc08 alerts.  We promise it won’t hurt.

Brandishing her partisan credentials, the Hotfile attacks McCain and his photo-op on an oil rig platform. Enjoy SR!

Blog P.I. brings us the latest on the NMS – CSPAN announcement: I don’t write about clients often. When I do it’s really something, and this is really something: New Media Strategies will be working through the conventions with C-SPAN, perhaps my favorite Beltway news organizations, to run their Convention …

Noam Scheiber: McCain VP Announcement Tomorrow? Plus Bonus Pawlenty Take this for what it’s worth–and it may not be much–but a source well-connected in Minnesota politics (and in a position to know) is pretty sure Tim Pawlenty has pulled out of one or two events scheduled there for tomorrow. Assuming that’s right, I guess it could mean any number …

This story is sure to ruffle a few feathers – especially given the out of control gas prices lately. It looks like the DNC and perhaps the RNC will get a pass on paying gas taxes when they each host their conventions in the next few months. And just how …

Some St. Paul bars get OK to stay open late during RNC Convention The Legislature gave communities in the Twin Cities area the authority to allow bars to remain open until 4 a.m. during the convention.

Wrong TMZ, Denver is packed for the convention and those rooms will be snapped up.

File this one under mission critical. The RNC’s Facebook friends total recently surpassed the DNC total. So what does an organization do when that happens? Simple, you attempt to pitch it to the media and hope that JoMa isn’t asleep at the keyboard. [Riveting, isn’t it?] Only this time, it …

On the historic eve of this Nation’s first ever African American Presidential nominee, the RNC ad geniuses introduced Sam, their brand new “white” elephant. As if a white elephant wasn’t offensive enough, this double entendre might be the gift that doesn’t keep on giving for the RNC. White Elephant: [defined] …

From Ambinder: So the RNC, in its video on Democrats who’ve criticized Obama, plays a sound bite of Sen. John Edwards noting Obama’s “high-falutin” language. The accompanying translation posted by the RNC also has Edwards talking about hot air… just hot air of a different kind.

Last week, the RNC launch CanWeAsk.com, a website which invites users to ask Barack Obama a question – although, I’m not quite sure he’s worked in time on his calendar to answer any of them. The gimmick has received a lot of press, but unfortunately for the RNC, they forgot …

According to a tipster, the RNC building is under lock-down right now because of protestors outside their building.  Apparently the protesters are cruising around in these.