<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - RNC</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/elections/2004/rnc?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><description>RNC</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[New Voter Rolls Rise Sharply in Md., Va.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1362-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1362-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Election officials in Virginia and Maryland report a dramatic spike in the numbers of new voters prepared to cast ballots in the presidential election, reflecting a general increase in registered voters nationwide.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invoking 9/11 May Temper Views on War]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62435-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62435-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The administration has searched for explanations for how to defend the Iraq war after failing to find weapons of mass destruction. With Bush's convention speech, officials are betting voters will buy the retooled version of the need to go to war.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech Fails to Sway These Undecideds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60447-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60447-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After Bush's 62 minutes of carefully-crafted oratory, many still haven't made up their mind.]]></description><author> Peter Slevin and Jonathan Finer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Prism Distorts Some Kerry Votes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57627-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57627-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A number of the specific claims made in attacks against Sen. John F. Kerry this week are at best selective and in many cases stripped of their context, according to a review of the documentation provided by the Bush campaign.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler and Dan Morgan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives From Around the Globe Take It All In]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57624-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57624-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[They probably went unnoticed amid the  Stetson-wearing Texan delegates and the hundreds of supporters wearing pachyderm emblazoned T-shirts, but then again, the international delegates at the Republican National Convention said they are here to observe and learn.]]></description><author> Mary Fitzgerald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a Whole Old Ballgame]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57987-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57987-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's doubtful that four more years in office would turn George W. Bush into a great speechmaker, but that he's improving was evident Thursday night.]]></description><author> Tom Shales</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Tries Again With  Financial Proposals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57568-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57568-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some of President Bush's proposals Thursday night have been gathering dust for years and some daunting barriers stand between the president and what he has dubbed his "ownership society," including a record budget deficit and rancorous partisanship in Washington.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red, White and Blah]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57903-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57903-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Republicans in Madison Square Garden did not do themselves proud. With only a few exceptions, they looked neither crisp nor stylish.]]></description><author> Robin Givhan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Promises 'a Safer World']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56359-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56359-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President George W. Bush accepted the Republican nomination for a second term Thursday night with a lofty speech casting his reelection as crucial to the spread of democracy across the world and to the security of Americans at home.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank and Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zell Miller, the GOP's Grim Speaker]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57906-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57906-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Sept. 2<br>Is Sen. Zell Miller having fun yet?]]></description><author> Mark Leibovich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizen Diddy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58211-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58211-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The man who is the very richest undecided voter in Madison Square Garden on Thursday night is slumped in a chair in a swanky private lounge for very special Republicans. He has a tattoo on his neck and huge diamonds in his ears, a Yankees cap on his head. He has his cell...]]></description><author> Ann Gerhart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actor Ron Silver Has a New Role, Backing Bush]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57904-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57904-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ What  a difference four years makes. In early 2000 Ron Silver was out on the stump with Bill Bradley during the Democratic primaries. Fast-forward to New York 2004, and the avowed liberal actor is celebrity supporter du jour at the Republican  convention for President Bush.]]></description><author> Mary Fitzgerald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Domestic Questions Remain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57590-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57590-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush began to shed light Thursday night on what his agenda for a second term would be with an acceptance speech long on ambitions but far shorter on the ways or the means to accomplish them.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fallout From Democrat's Address Still Unknown]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57566-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57566-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, Sept. 2 -- Sen. Zell Miller, apostate Democrat from Georgia, was the talk of the town here among (mostly) adoring delegates at the Republican National Convention on Thursday.]]></description><author> John F. Harris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Bush Protesters Ordered Released]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57531-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57531-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A criminal court judge ordered the release of hundreds of anti-Bush protesters Thursday, ruling that police held them illegally without charges for more than 40 hours.]]></description><author> Michael Powell and Dale Russakoff</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry Takes Off Gloves With Sharp Remarks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57365-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57365-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John F. Kerry came out swinging Thursday night, denouncing the Republican convention for its "anger and distortion" and belittling Vice President Cheney for avoiding the military draft during the Vietnam War era.]]></description><author> Lois Romano and Howard Kurtz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Text: President Bush's Acceptance Speech to the Republican National Convention]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57466-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57466-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>The text of President George Bush's speech at the Republican National Convention:</em>]]></description><author>E-Media</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business, Pleasure, or Both?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57314-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57314-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Corporations and government contractors have been lubricating their relationships with the region's state officials all week in New York.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk and Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Religious Right, Out of the Spotlight]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57346-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57346-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   NEW YORK, Sept. 2<br>Outside the New Yorker Hotel, more than the usual Midtown madness claimed the streets.]]></description><author> Evelyn Nieves</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeLay Is Letting Others Take Manhattan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57342-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57342-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/rnc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House Majority Leader Tom DeLay hosted parties, a rock concert and well-appointed hospitality suites in train cars at the 2000 Republican convention in Philadelphia. This week in New York, the GOP's most outspoken congressional leader was practically invisible.]]></description><author> Charles Babington</author></item></channel></rss>