SUNDAY ROUNDUP

Hurricane Gustav is throwing off the Republican National Convention as the GOP scrambles to schedule, bloggers write. President Bush and Vice President Cheney will not be with the rest of the GOP in St. Paul and liberal bloggers say Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was for the so-called “bridge to nowhere” before she was against it.

Rather than deliver his acceptance speech from the floor of the Republican National Convention, McCain may be heading down to Louisiana to deliver his speech from the disaster zone, Faiz from Think Progress writes. Michelle Malkin meanwhile blasts liberals for using Gustav to hit the GOP over the Bush administration’s failed response to Hurricane Katrina.

The GOP is planning a “business only” first day of the convention, which means Bush and Cheney won’t be in St. Paul on Monday, The Caucus writes. MyDD’s Todd Beeton points out that Bush will be in Houston instead, close enough to seem active in relief efforts but still not getting in the way.

And the Barack Obama campaign and liberal bloggers are circulating an Anchorage Daily News story saying Palin ran on a build-the-bridge platform in 2006 despite her said opposition to the bridge, The Page writes. TPM’s Will Thomas says that Palin’s shift on the bridge only seems consistent with her desire to join the national political stage.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Palin Attacks Counterproductive – Michelle Malkin
Bush & Cheney Will Miss Too -Todd Beeton, MyDD
Probe May Spell Problem for Palin – TPM
Obama: Compete with China, Turn off TV – The Swamp
Experience & Performance – Jim Manzi, The Corner
McCain Camp Sending Investigators to Alaska – Firedoglake
McCain: I Wish I’d Picked Her Months Ago – Hot Air
Primetime Monday off – The Page

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
GOP to Hold ‘Business Only’ First Day – The Hill
Gustav Closing in – Washington Post
New Hurrican Brings Opportunity for GOP – AP