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A tougher standard for Palin?

GOP loot sells  |  VP sing along

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DAY 4 at the RNC

A pledge of bipartisanship

(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff )

John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination with a promise to shake up Washington. (Boston Globe)

• A party united  |  Black GOP delegates at a marked low
• McCain takes stage, turns down heat
• MASS.VOICES Raisin' McCain is music to my ears
• McCain's remarks  |  Video McCain on POW years
• Video Boston voters react to McCain's speech
• SURVEY Your vote?  |  DISCUSS McCain's speech?
• Palin, McCain's energy on energy is saved
• Articles of Faith: God talk by McCain

• Family still off-limits -- mostly
• Palin connects, but faces hurdles
• • Palin provides drama
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  • Distancing McCain from Bush
• Day 1 a missed chance  |  Taking the moral path

• Palin switched colleges 6 times
• Palin draws in viewers

Day 3 at the RNC

(Win McNamee/ Getty Images)

• Video Palin's speech, part 1  |  Part 2
• Palin's remarks  |  Record shows little foreign experience
• Related: Again, they ask how mothers do it all
• TV: Feisty, confident Palin makes introduction

Giuliani blasts Obama

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani delivered a forceful, personality-laden address skewering the Democratic candidates. (Boston Globe)

• Prepared remarks of Rudy Giuliani
• VIDEO Giuliani rips Dems  |  Endorses McCain
• In speech, Huckabee hits Obama  |  Prepared remarks

Romney delivers harsh attack

Mitt Romney called upon Republicans to "throw out the big government liberals and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin." (Boston Globe)

• Delegates laud Palin as source of energy
• Campaign Notebook: Quote supplies grist for Obama

• Palin family greets McCain  |  Photos
• Poll: Female voters not flocking to Palin
• Palin's ex-preacher called for 'war mode'
• Joan Vennochi: Skepticism isn't sexism
• VIDEO The VP sing along
• VIDEO A tougher standard?

Day 2 at the RNC

(Globe Staff / Dina Rudick)

• Video Bush says McCain puts his country ahead of self
• Thompson goes after Obama  |  Bush: McCain is ready
• Lieberman crosses party lines for McCain  |  Speech

• JOAN VENNOCHI Spotlight on Palin familiar to Jane Swift
• Palin provides striking alternative
• Palin's teen daughter pregnant
• Palin hires attorney for investigation into firing

• PHOTO GALLERY Protests at the RNC
• VIDEO Call and response

Day 1 of the RNC

(John Tlumacki / Globe Staff)

RNC begins amid storm, protests

Cindy McCain and Laura Bush appealed for bipartisan help for victims of Hurricane Gustav on the scaled down first day of the Republican National Convention.

• Campaign Notebook RNC begins amid storm, protests
• Republicans to curtail convention
• PHOTOS Scenes from day 1 at the RNC

(John Tlumacki / Globe Staff)

• Call and response

• Risks of boomerangs a reality in world of cyberwar

  The Obama administration is warning American businesses about an unusually potent computer virus that infected Iran's oil industry even as suspicions persist that the United States is responsible for secretly creating and unleashing cyberweapons against foreign countries. (Associated Press, 6/2/12)

• AP Interview: UN official says no to Syria amnesty

  The U.N.'s top human rights official said Saturday that there should be no amnesty for serious crimes committed in Syria, even if the threat of prosecution might motivate members of the regime to cling to power at all costs. (Associated Press, 6/2/12)

• Newark mayor addresses Wash. state Dem. convention

  The mayor of Newark, N.J., has told the Washington state Democratic Party convention that the Obama campaign offered some advice as he prepared his Seattle speech -- don't stick your foot in your mouth again. (AP, 6/2/12)

• Obama to Congress: Act now on bills to aid economy

  President Barack Obama wants Congress to act on bills he says will accelerate the economy. He says the country has responsibilities that are "bigger than an election." (Associated Press, 6/2/12)

• Ex-Guantanamo prosecutor’s suit tossed

  A divided federal appeals court threw out a lawsuit on Friday by the former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay against his former boss at the Library of Congress. (Associated Press, 6/1/12)

• On Obama’s ‘worst day,’ an opening for Romney

  If historical trends are a guide, Friday's jobs report bodes poorly for President Obama unless things turn around by late summer. (Globe Staff, 6/2/12)