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DENVER, CO (August 25, 2008) \u2013 Dale Kuehne, pastor of Emmanuel Covenant Church<\/a> in Nashua, New Hampshire, is blogging throughout the Democratic and Republican conventions.
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\n\"\"\u201cMore than political punditry,\u201d Kuehne describes the blog<\/a> as telling \u201cthe story of the convention, inside and out\u201d as he travels to both the Democratic Convention, which kicks off today in Denver and runs through Thursday, and the Republican Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, September 1-4. Entries range from thoughtful considerations of issues and candidates to self-deprecating musings on how to act or what to wear at a convention. \u201cI\u2019m putting myself in the very capable hands of my children, and it seems that the only pieces of clothing I own that will work is a pair of black pants, my \u2018Flying Fish\u2019 Bono t-Shirt, and a trendy sport coat that somehow made its way into my closet,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n

Kuehne is the founding director of Saint Anselm College\u2019s New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP<\/a>). Kuehne has organized several US presidential debates at the school and was appointed in 2006 to be one of four members of the state Executive Branch Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n

Kuehne holds a doctorate and a master\u2019s degree in government from Georgetown University, a master\u2019s in theological studies from Gordon-Conwell Seminary, and a bachelor\u2019s in political science from the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n

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