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Republicans from around the nation meet in Minnesota's Twin Cities to formally nominate John McCain, hold planning meetings and rally the troops for the fall. After the last piece of confetti falls, we’ll look at what was said at the Republican National Convention, how much of an impact it made and where the Grand Old Party goes from here.

Guests

• Dante Scala, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, host of the GraniteProf and contributor to PolitickerNH.com
• Allan Bonner, political journalist for several international publications and author of Media Relations

We'll also hear from

• Maureen Mooney, Republican state representative from Merrimack and voting delegate for John McCain at the Republican National Convention
• Maggie Hassan, Democratic state senator from Exeter

The Republican National Convention will take place September 1st-4th in Minnesota. Party officials will meet and hear from speakers including President Bush, Vice President Cheney and John McCain. We’ll speak with three of New Hampshire’s Republican Delegates as they prepare to leave for Minnesota.

Guests

• Fergus Cullen, Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee
• Jayne Millerick, former Republican State party chair and current President of Marcucci Consulting
• Nancy Dwight, partner at Dwight Partners Inc and lifelong Republican currently living in Lyme

After four days of sign waving, party-unifying speeches and platform defining the Republican National Convention will wrap up in New York City with President Bush accepting his party?s nomination for a second term as President. As the race for President now goes into high gear, we'll recap the last four days, look at the highpoints, the not so high points, and where the Republicans go from here. Laura's guests are Dante Scala, Associate Professor of Politics at St Anselm College and author of "Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics"; Shawn Macomber, a reporter for the American Spectator magazine, who today will be beginning as a weekly columnist for the Union Leader and TBA

About 60 delegates and alternates from New Hampshire are in New York City for the Republican National Convention this week. Some of these New Hampshire delegates are old hands at these conventions, but others are experiencing all the excitement for the very first time. Linda Henderson is one of the rookies. She's a delegate from Exeter. She talks to Morning Edition host Lisa Peakes from New York City.

Next week, several dozen New Hampshire Republicans will make the trek to New York City to represent the Granite State at the Republican National Convention. It will be a time to talk about the issues, develop the party's platform and listen to speeches that they hope will motivate and excite Republicans nationwide. We'll talk with a roundtable of Republican delegates about their hopes for the convention, the issues that will be important to them and how they hope to re-elect President Bush this November.

Laura's guests are Elaine Tinetti, Strafford County Chair for Bush/Cheney '04 and Durham Chair for Jeb Bradley for Congress; Executive Councilor Ray Wieczorek, Republican Executive Councilor from Manchester and Chair of the New Hampshire Republican Convention; and Ambassador Joe Patrone, Finance and Veteran's Affairs Co-Chair for Bush/Cheney '04 New Hampshire and former Ambassador of the United Nations and Independent Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland.

This is Elaine Tinetti's first time representing New Hampshire as a Republican Delegate, Councilor' Wieczorek's third time and Ambassador Patrone's 5th time as Delegate.