How about this for a change? Usually the opposition lays low during the convention of their opponents convention but this year the Republicans are sending some of their big guns to try to deflect some of the Obama publicity:
Leading the list of Republicans heading to Denver are former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Romney will anchor the GOP’s Tuesday press availability — the same day Obama’s former presidential rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), is scheduled to speak to the Democrats.
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Romney, along with Republican Reps. Eric Cantor (Va.), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Fla.) and Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), will be camped out in the Republican war room, which houses its own television studio and is within “walking distance” of the Democratic convention floor, GOP officials said.
Pawlenty and Kyl will be doing interviews on Thursday when Obama makes his acceptance speech.
This seems like a pretty smart move. Why let Obama, et al. define McCain and the Republicans for an entire week unopposed?
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