ST. PAUL, Minn. - Until Wednesday night, many political professionals were whispering that there was a good chance that in picking Sarah Palin as his running mate John McCain had lost the election. 

Cindy Baker capitalized on a once in a lifetime opportunity Wednesday evening in St. Paul, Minn., when she appeared on both Fox News and NBC as part of the Arizona delegation to the 2008 Republican National Convention.

ST. PAUL, Minn. In the Fox News skybox atop a packed arena, Brit Hume rolls his eyes as the giant video monitor below fills with black-and-white images during Fred Thompson's convention oration.

The redesigned Baltimore Sun is more than just a pretty face. Even casual readers of the paper can't help but notice that sections have been cut and some of the paper's familiar bylines no longer appear.

As she inspected the stage where she would later address the Democratic National Convention, a look of recognition flickered across Hillary Rodham Clinton's face when she peered out to see who had asked how she was.