Shortly before yours truly left Minneapolis-St. Paul today to return home (finally) after two weeks on the road, I got a call from a reporter (apparently from the Christian News Service) who asked a stunning question:

How did a convention anti-war…

ST. PAUL –Yours truly got closely acquainted with the GOP convention red carpet Wednesday night, as those in the aisle had to hunker down for the hour that Rudy Giuliani and then the star of the evening — Alaska Gov.…

ST. PAUL — After three dizzying days of receptions, train rides and speakers, Missouri’s Republican delegation got some down time today.

Many hopped the state party’s shuttles and headed toward Mall of America, the nation’s largest, situated in neighboring Minneapolis.

(Around lunchtime,…

ST. PAUL –Until late Monday night, Phyllis Schlafly remained optimistic that the woman she’d selected months ago to headline a reception today for the Republican National Coalition for Life would appear.

But then Schlafly got the call: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin could no…

ST. PAUL — Let’s see, there was the presidential adviser call girl scandal at the Democratic gathering in in Chicago in ’96, the Ross Perot political exit during the Democratic convention in New York ‘92.

You had unforgettable moments like Bill Clinton’s speech  in…

Christopher Ave, Post-Dispatch political editor here. We’ve added several new online features to help you stay connected to the national political conventions. I wanted to discuss two of them.

First, our reporters are using a tool called Twitter to deliver quick observations.…

ST. PAUL – Sure, politics is serious stuff. But we get to laugh sometimes, don’t we? And nobody is better at making fun of the political game than humor columnist Dave Barry.

At the Democratic convention in…

ST. PAUL — While the Republican presidential convention got underway Monday inside the Xcel Center, police and protesters tangled outside.

Some accounts reported estimates of up to 10,000 protesters, most of them against the war in Iraq, who took to St.…

ST. PAUL — Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt and state Republican Party chairman Doug Russell made similar pitches this morning to the state’s convention delegation.

In short, as Russell put: “We’re going to see John  McCain and Sarah Palin take Missouri and keep it red.”

Blunt made…

ST. PAUL –Most of Monday’s Republican convention business may be cancelled or curtailed, but as of Sunday night, Missouri will have a part of one key proceeding:

Formally nominating Sen. John McCain for the Republican nomination.

According to Jared Craighead, the procedure involves…