Republican & Democratic Convention History (1856-2008)

1860 Republican Convention (Chicago)
The 1860 Republican National Convention
(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1860.html
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/
Elections: 1860 Overview (HarpWeek)
http://elections.harpweek.com/
1860/Overview-1860-1.htm
Why Chicago? (Chicago Historical Society)
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/politics.html
Convention Ticket
(Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1944 Republican Convention (Chicago)
The 1944 Republican National Convention
(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1944.html
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1944 Democratic Convention (Chicago)
The 1944 Democratic National Convention
(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1944a.html
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/
FDR’s Address to the Convention
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html
Biography of Harry S. Truman (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html
Video: Harry S. Truman (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/truman/video
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1948 Republican Convention (Philadelphia)
History of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia
(Independence Hall Association)
http://www.ushistory.org/gop/history/avery1-48.htm
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/
Philadelphia: Convention City
(Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
http://hsp.org/exhibits/convention/1948_main.html
Pioneers In Reality TV (CBS News, 2000)
http://www.cbsnews.com
The Scene of the Crime (CNN, 2000)
http://edition.cnn.com/2000/
ALLPOLITICS/ stories/07/19/greenfield.column/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1948 Democratic Convention (Philadelphia)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/
Philadelphia: Convention City
(Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
http://hsp.org/exhibits/convention/1948_main.html
Truman’s Acceptance Speech (PBS NewsHour)
http://pbs.org/newshour/
character/links/truman_speech.html
Biography of Harry S. Truman (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html
Video: Harry S. Truman (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/truman/video
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347387
Audio: Truman’s Acceptance Speech (Truman Library)
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/educ/1948.htm
Audio: In 1948, Democrats Weathered Civil Rights Divide (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
1948 Democratic Convention: The South Secedes Again
(Smithsonian magazine, August 2008)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1952 Republican Convention (Chicago)
The 1952 Republican National Convention
(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1952.html
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/
Biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/de34.html
Video: Dwight D. Eisenhower (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/eisenhower/video
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/conventions/past.eisenhower.html
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1952 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1952 Democratic Convention (Chicago)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/
Truman Speech
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Adlai E. Stevenson Speech
(Internet Archive /American Rhetoric)
Audio: First Nationally Televised Political Convention
(NPR, Walter Cronkite, 2002)
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20020708.atc.05.ram
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347424
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1956 Republican Convention (San Francisco)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Universal Newsreel Coverage-1 (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/1956-08-20_Republican_Convention
Video: Universal Newsreel Coverage-2 (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/details/1956-08-23_Its_Ike_and_Nixon
Video: 1956 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1956 Democratic Convention (Chicago)
The 1956 Democratic National Convention
(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1956.html
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Part 1 — CBS News Coverage with Walter Cronkite (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQGNuZhLwIY
Video: Part 2 — CBS News Coverage with Walter Cronkite (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6ksNOvFxIE
Video: Part 3 — CBS News Coverage with Walter Cronkite (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWhEr2Jyz0s
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347489
Video: David Broder Remembers (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1960 Republican Convention (Chicago)
The 1960 Republican National Convention
(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1960.html
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/
Eisenhower Speech
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Universal Newsreel Coverage (Internet Archive)
http://www.archive.org/
Video: 1960 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Video: Former President Herbert Hoover
at the 1960 Convention (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFtIpL2t6N0&feature
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1960 Democratic Convention (Los Angeles)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/
Biography of John F. Kennedy (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html
Video: John F. Kennedy (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/kennedy/video
Biography of Lyndon B. Johnson (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/lj36.html
Audio: Kennedy Accepting Nomination (JFK Library)
http://www.jfklibrary.org
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/demconvention/past.1960.html
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: JFK’s Inaugural Address, Part 1 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE0iPY7XGBo
Video: JFK’s Inaugural Address, Part 2 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s6U8GActdQ
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347527
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1964 Republican Convention (San Francisco)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
1964 Republican Convention: Revolution from the Right
(Smithsonian magazine, August 2008)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com
Audio: Barry Goldwater Speech (American Rhetoric)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
speeches/barrygoldwater1964rnc.htm
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/conventions/past.goldwater.html
Video: 1964 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Video: CBS News Campaign Coverage – Part One (YouTube)
(Part Two) (Part Three) (Part Four)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LibWvOoG4aI&feature
Video: David Broder Remembers (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1964 Democratic Convention (Atlantic City)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/
Robert Kennedy Speech
(Internet Archive / JFK Library)
http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/r082764.htm
Audio: Atlantic City Revisited (Minnesota Public Radio, 2000)
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/
features/200002/11_olsond_mondalelectures/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: Daisy political TV ad (YouTube) (See also: 2008 NYT story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63h_v6uf0Ao&eurl
Biography of Lyndon B. Johnson (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/lj36.html
Video: Lyndon B. Johnson (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/lbj/video
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347582
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1968 Republican Convention (Miami Beach)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/
Biography of Richard M. Nixon (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rn37.html
Video: Richard M. Nixon (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/nixon/video 
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1968 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1968 Democratic Convention (Chicago)
1968: A Convention in Crisis
(Chicago Historical Society)
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/politics/1968.html
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/
Chicago ’68: An Introduction (Dean Blobaum)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1553/
Grooving in Chi (Terry Southern, 1968, Esquire/PBS NewsHour)
http://pbs.org/newshour/convention96/retro/southern.html
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/demconvention/past.1968.html
Audio: Recalling the Mayhem of ’68 Convention
(Walter Cronkite, NPR, July 23, 2004)
http://www.npr.org
Video: Network TV News Primary Coverage
from June 1968 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMr97_M7okw
Video: CBS News Convention Coverage
of “Strong-Arm Tactics” (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EeGV-gKnIM&feature
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: CBS News Convention Coverage
that shows “Dan Rather Punched” (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrlYRWD_tnA&feature
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347826
1968 Democratic Convention: The Bosses Strike Back
(Smithsonian magazine, August 2008)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1972 Republican Convention (Miami Beach)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1972 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1972 Democratic Convention (Miami Beach)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
George McGovern Acceptance Speech (4president.org)
http://www.4president.org/speeches/mcgovern1972acceptance.htm
Video: CBS/WTOP News Coverage of Election Night (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Cbri5x6vA
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347856
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1976 Republican Convention (Kansas City)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/
Ford’s Remarks Accepting Nomination
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Biography of Gerald R. Ford (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html
Video: Gerald R. Ford (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/ford/video
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/conventions/past.reagan_ford.html
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1976 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Video: Gerald Ford’s Speech at Convention (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IRrQZg3FDE
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1976 Democratic Convention (New York City)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/
Audio: Barbara Jordan Keynote Address (American Rhetoric)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
Biography of Jimmy Carter (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jc39.html
Video: Jimmy Carter (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/carter/video
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347918
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/demconvention/past.1976.html
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1980 Republican Convention (Detroit)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Biography of Ronald Reagan (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rr40.html
Video: Ronald Reagan (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/reagan/video
Video: 1980 Ronald Reagan Speech (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmmgVFByeaI
Video: 1980 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1980 Democratic Convention (New York City)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/
Edward M. Kennedy Address
(Internet Archive / Kennedy Library)
http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/e081280.htm
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: CBS News Election Night Coverage – Part Three (YouTube)
(Part One) (Part Two) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTMpQqDP-nk
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26347960
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1984 Republican Convention (Dallas)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/
Biography of Ronald Reagan (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rr40.html
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1984 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1984 Democratic Convention (San Francisco)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/
Audio: Mario Cuomo Keynote Address (American Rhetoric)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: ABC News Coverage of Election Night (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh95GHiYD4o&feature=related
Video: CBS News Coverage of Election Night (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e4t1qKGFao&feature=related
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348014
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1988 Republican Convention (New Orleans)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/
Biography of George Herbert Walker Bush (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gb41.html
Video: George Herbert Walker Bush (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/georgebush/video
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/conventions/past.bushsenior.html
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1988 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1988 Democratic Convention (Atlanta)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/
Audio: Ann Richards Keynote Address (American Rhetoric)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
speeches/annrichards1988dnc.htm
Audio: Conventions Past (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/news/national/
election2000/demconvention/past.1988.html
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348240
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1992 Republican Convention (Houston)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1992 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1992 Democratic Convention (New York City)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/
Biography of William J. Clinton (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html
Video: William J. Clinton (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/billclinton/video
Audio: Nomination Acceptance Address (American Rhetoric)
http://americanrhetoric.com/speeches/wjclinton1992dnc.htm
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348272
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1996 Republican Convention (San Diego)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1996/
PBS NewsHour
http://pbs.org/newshour/
convention96/republican_index.html
San Diego Convention Will Be Scripted for TV
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/
national/longterm/campaign/gopmeet.htm
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 1996 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

1996 Democratic Convention (Chicago)
The 1996 Democratic National Convention
(Chicago Historical Society)
http://chicagohs.org/history/politics/1996.html
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/
A Short History of the Windy City’s Selection (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/
chicago/facts/tidbits/chicago.history.shtml
PBS NewsHour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/convention96/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348299
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

2000 Republican Convention (Philadelphia)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/
Republican Convention (Democracy in Action)
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/repconv/repconvmain.html
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/library/
politics/camp/whouse/gop.html
CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/
ELECTION/2000/conventions/republican/
PBS Online NewsHour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
U.S. News & World Report
http://usnews.com/usnews/news/election/gop/
Biography of George W. Bush (White House)
http://whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html
Video: George W. Bush (History Channel)
http://www.history.com/presidents/georgewbush/video 
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Video: 2000 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

2000 Democratic Convention (Los Angeles)
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/
Democratic Convention (Democracy in Action)
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/demconv/demconvmain.html
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/library/
politics/camp/whouse/dem.html
CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/
ELECTION/2000/conventions/democratic/
Video: CBS News Convention Coverage (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp3SX2_Sjdo
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348372
U.S. News & World Report / Internet Archive
http://usnews.com/usnews/news/election/dem/
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

2004 Republican Convention (New York City)
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Speech by George W. Bush (White House Transcript)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Speeches from Republican Convention
(PresidentialRhetoric.com)
http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/campaign/rnc.html
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Video: C-Span Collection of 2004 Campaign Ads
http://www.c-span.org/2004vote/campads.asp
Video: 2004 Campaign Commercials (Museum of the Moving Image)
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

2004 Democratic Convention (Boston)
Democratic Convention Web site (Internet Archive)
http://web.archive.org/
Poynter Online Election Coverage
http://livex.poynter.org/subject.asp?id=50
Political Party Platform
(The American Presidency Project)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
Speeches from Democratic Convention
(PresidentialRhetoric.com)
http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/campaign/dnc.html
Video: PBS Coverage of Obama’s 2004 Convention Speech (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36IsXj686Vc
Video: NBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/26334551#26348428
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/

2008 Republican Convention (Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota)
(September 1 – September 4, 2008)
Republican National Convention (and Blog)
http://www.GOPConvention2008.com/
Minneapolis Saint Paul 2008 Host Committee
http://www.msp2008.com/
Republican National Committee
http://www.gop.com/
John McCain Web site
http://www.johnmccain.com
List of Minnesota TV stations (NewsDirectory)
http://www.newsdirectory.com/tv.php?p=mn
List of Minnesota Newspapers (NewsVoyager)
http://www.newsvoyager.com
StarTribune (Convention News)
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/conventions/
Pioneer Press (Politics)
http://www.twincities.com/politics
C-SPAN Convention Hub: The Republicans
http://38.105.88.241/
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com
CQ Politics
http://www.cqpolitics.com
Politico
http://www.politico.com
TVNewser (2008 Conventions)
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com
ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Fox News
http://elections.foxnews.com/
CNN
http://www.cnn.com  
Online News Hour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/dnc/
NPR
http://www.npr.org
Poynter Online Coverage from the Conventions
http://livex.poynter.org/column.asp?id=129
Video: Election ’08 Ads (WSJ)
http://online.wsj.com/
Video: GOP Convention YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/gopconvention
Video: Convention History & Memorabilia (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tppDD0sTuOU
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/
Google News Search (“Republican Convention”)
http://news.google.com

2008 Democratic Convention (Denver, Colorado)
(August 25 – August 28, 2008)
Democratic National Convention (and Blog)
http://www.demconvention.com/
Denver Host Committee
http://www.denverconvention2008.com/
Democratic National Committee
http://www.democrats.org/
Barack Obama Web site
http://www.barackobama.com
List of Colorado TV Stations (NewsDirectory)
http://www.newsdirectory.com/tv.php?p=co
List of Colorado Newspapers (NewsVoyager)
http://www.newsvoyager.com
The Denver Post (Politics West)
http://politicswest.com/democratic_national_convention
The Rocky Mountain News (DNC 2008)
http://rockymountainnews.com/news/news/politics/denver-dnc/
C-SPAN Convention Hub: The Democrats
http://38.105.88.215/
The Big Tent
http://www.bigtentdenver.org 
DemConWatch
http://www.demconwatchblog.com/
Video: Democratic Convention YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/demconvention
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/
Google News Search (“Democratic Convention”)
http://news.google.com

GENERAL RESOURCES
Presidential Nominating Conventions and Television
(Museum of Broadcast Communications)
http://www.museum.tv/
Past Convention Coverage: History of Political Conventions
(New York Times, 1996) http://www.nytimes.com
Origins of the Convention Process (PBS NewsHour, 1996)
http://pbs.org/newshour/convention96
Republican National Convention History (CNN, 2000)
http://www.cnn.com
Democratic National Convention History (CNN, 2000)
http://www.cnn.com
Republican National Political Conventions
(Library of Congress, 2004)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/republican_conventions.pdf
National Political Conventions of the 20th Century
(Washington Post, 2000)
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/conventions/
Those Golden Moments from Past Conventions (MSNBC, 2004)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5464091/
Parties to History: Four Political Conventions that Changed America
(Smithsonian Magazine, August 2008)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/
Presidential Campaigns and Candidates (4president.org)
http://4president.org/
Think you know your Democratic convention trivia? (CNN, 2008)
http://www.cnn.com

History of Major Party Conventions (Washington Watch)
http://www.mikeswashingtonwatch.com/
Video: Bob Schieffer on Convention History (CBS, 2008)
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4378308n
Video: Best and Worst of Conventions (CNN, 2008)
http://www.cnn.com/
Video: The Make or Break Moments in Presidential Campaign History
(YouTube/CQPolitics, 2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOZdK3mqinU
Video: A Brief History of the Conventions (CQPolitics, 2008)
http://www.cqpolitics.com
Audio: Retelling Tales of Contentious Conventions (NPR, 2004)
http://npr.org
Audio: Republican History, Part One (Part Two) (NPR, 2000)
http://npr.org
Audio: Democratic History, Part One (Part Two) (NPR, 2000)
http://npr.org
How Political Conventions Work (How Stuff Works)
http://people.howstuffworks.com/political-convention.htm