Convention 2000

Slate’s Complete Coverage

This page has links to all of Slate’s coverage of the Republican convention (and related events). We’ll be updating it at least once a day during the convention, so check back here regularly for our latest articles. And you can use our Politics page to keep up with the convention stories from other publications.

Ballot Box

Bill Clinton’s Successor, by Jacob Weisberg (Thursday, Aug. 3, 10:29 p.m.)

Pop Goes the GOP, by Jacob Weisberg (Wednesday, Aug. 2, 8:34 p.m.)

Shh, Don’t Wake the GOP, by Jacob Weisberg (Tuesday, Aug. 1, 8:11 p.m.)

The Man Who Won’t Be Used, by Jacob Weisberg (Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1:06 p.m.)

Blackest Night, by Jacob Weisberg (Monday, July 31, 9:09 p.m.)

Bland Old Party, by Jacob Weisberg (Monday, July 31, 3:47 p.m.)

Cheney, the Smart Choice, by Jacob Weisberg (Tuesday, July 25, 3:48 p.m.)

Dispatches

Dispatches From the Republican Convention, by Dahlia Lithwick and Chris Suellentrop

Frame Game

Bush’s Acceptance Speech, by William Saletan (Friday, Aug. 4, 9:30 a.m.)

The Republicans’ Opening-Night Tactics, by William Saletan (Tuesday, Aug. 1, 4 p.m.)

Chatterbox

Fly-Fishing Through the GOP Convention, by Timothy Noah (Thursday, Aug. 3, 1:53 p.m.)

Spinning the Republican Color Well, by Timothy Noah (Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2:28 p.m.

Memo to Marian Wright Edelman: Don’t Sue Dubya! by Timothy Noah (Tuesday, Aug. 1, 3:41 p.m.)

How Dick Cheney Is Like Dan Quayle, by Timothy Noah (Thursday, July 27, 3:14 p.m.)



Cheney’s Lynne Problem, by Timothy Noah (Monday, July 24, 3:11 p.m.)

Explainer

Whose Convention Goes First? by Jeremy Derfner (Thursday, Aug. 3, 2:59 p.m.)

Kausfiles

Cheney and the Oil Cartel: Episode 2, by Mickey Kaus (Monday, July 31, 7:31 a.m.)

Cheney: Cheerleader for OPEC, by Mickey Kaus (Friday, July 28, 8:40 a.m.)

Moneybox

Is Cheney’s Business Career a Qualification for Office? by Rob Walker



(Thursday, Aug. 3, 12:46 p.m.)

Press Box

Kristol-Balling the Veep Selection, by David Corn (Wednesday, July 26, 7:22 a.m.)

The Breakfast Table

This week: Author Erik Tarloff (The Man Who Wrote the Book, Face-Time) and Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith watch the goings-on from afar.



Last week: Slate’s William Saletan and media consultant Timothy Ireland react to the Cheney pick, dis the New York Times, and more.

Diary

Philadelphia caterer Skip Schwarzman goes behind the scones.

Day 1: 84 Hours Until Chaos (Friday, July 28, 9 a.m.)

Day 2: Liberty Bells Made of Chopped Liver? (Monday, July 31, 10:30 a.m.)

Day 3: Serving Breakfast at Denny Hastert’s Fishing Tournament (Tuesday, Aug. 1, 10 a.m.)

Day 4: Tallying Up the Take From Convention Week (Thursday, Aug. 3, 10 a.m.)

Assessment

The World’s Greatest Political Adman, by Scott Shuger (Monday, July 31, 10:30 a.m.



The End of Colin Powell, by David Plotz (Friday, July 28, 9 a.m.)

Net Election

Lost in Silicon Alley, by Chris Suellentrop (Friday, Aug. 4, 12:30 p.m.)

Dot-Com Journalists: This Year’s “Men From Mars,” by Steve Fox (Tuesday, Aug. 1, 10 a.m.)

Civil Disobedience on the Web, by Aaron Pressman (Friday, July 28, 1 p.m.)



Revving Up the Conventions, by Ronna Abramson (Monday, July 24, 4 p.m.)

Other Articles

Did Conventions Ever Matter? by David Greenberg (Thursday, July 27, 4 p.m.)

Cartoon Index

Political cartoonists from around the world weigh in on the convention.