Director and actor Ron Silver talks about his support for the Bush administration's response to the attacks of Sept. 11 in New York and Washington and .....

"If we gotta worry about South Carolina, go ahead and fold up the tent — the whole match is over," he tells Inside the Tent contributor John Steward .....

Are Hollywood Republicans "coming out of the closet" with their conservative beliefs? "A little, not a lot," actor Kevin Farley tells Inside the Tent .....

"I thought she gave a great speech and I'm rethinking my initial reactions."

"She's a woman who has dealt with real issues in her family, her state, and her job, and she's addressed them with strength, out of courage, and reall .....

"She's a winner and we need a winner."

"Soccer moms are gonna put her in the White House!"

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Jennifer Riley from North Dakota, who attended the rally and the Republican convention, talks about the differences between the two gatherings, and th .....

Jimmy LaSalvia, director of programs and policy for the Log Cabin Republicans, talks about what Sarah Palin's presence on the Republican ticket will m .....

Kristine Fallstone, whose son was killed in an Army training exercise after he spent a year in Iraq, talks to Inside the Tent contributor Kathleen Mil .....

Pedicab driver Laura Caldwell shares her stories from the Democratic National Convention: Military helicopters, armored golf carts, and teenage anarch .....

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark talks to Laurence O'Donnell, a political pundit as well as producer and writer on "The West Wing," about how the nomi .....

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