Actually, it’s my hometown newspaper the Minneapolis Star Tribune. It will be interesting to watch them struggle to provide straight-up, non-biased coverage of the Republican Party for the next two-years leading up to the RNC:

If you believe the latest polls, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will have the best shot at raising his arms in victory at a Twin Cities podium two years from now when Republican Party activists convene for their national convention.

But he’ll have plenty of competition, mainly from Arizona Sen. John McCain, who’s running second in most polls.

If recent history is any indication, the 2008 convention will be a carefully orchestrated affair with little suspense, which is the main reason network TV executives are losing interest in providing wall-to-wall coverage.

Then again, this one might be different: For the first time since 1928, neither the incumbent president nor vice president will be running — unless Vice President Cheney pulls a very big surprise and decides to join the fray.

Thirty-one percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents would support Giuliani for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, according to a CNN poll in late August and early September.

McCain trails at 20 percent and is followed by Gingrich at 12 percent.

But according to a FOX News poll from late August, it’s a horse race. Twenty-seven percent said that if the Republican presidential primary were held today, they would vote for Giuliani. Twenty-five percent lean toward McCain. Gingrich followed 11 points behind McCain. When Republicans could only choose between Giuliani and McCain, the former mayor came out on top.