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The sum of two units forgoing presidential candidates will be among pair dozen or so Republicans in the incorporated town hoping to get their clique's message out for the time of a week dominated by Democratic festivities.

Their slogan? "Not Ready '08: A Mile High and an Inch Deep," a play on the nickname for the high-altitude city in the western United States.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain, Obama's rival for the November 4 election, is expected to keep a with reference to something else low side view that week, though he is scheduled to appear because a guest on "The Tonight Show" talk show on Monday.

His surrogates pleasure company up workshop within walking distance of the Democrats' convention hall, hoping to catch the attention of the 15,000 reporters gathered there.

"With all the hype of the actual convention and all the Obama fans gathered in one spot, we're going to commit to memory beyond the glitz and the celebrity and speak about the facts of his record," said Matt McDonald, a McCain staffer overseeing the attempt.

ROMNEY, GIULIANI

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, and Giuliani, a former New York mayor, both lost the Republican nominating battle to McCain but have since emerged as important supporters.

They will exist joined by dint of. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who testament respond to New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's Tuesday obscurity speech.

Along with daily news conferences and one-on-one interviews, the Republicans will register out recent TV s and a website www.notready08.com to keep up attacks on Obama.

"It's his week and we're virtuous going to try to get into the stories as much as we can," McDonald declared.

Republicans will have their own turn in the spotlight the following week, what one. time they hold their nominating convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, and Democrats mark out to be there as well.

"We'll have a full-scale manoeuvre in Minneapolis to make sure voters in the Twin Cities and across the country know that John McCain is promising more of the same failed out-of-touch agenda," said Democratic National Committee spokesman Damien LaVera. "Let's just say you won't have to look too hard to find us in Minneapolis."

McCain has planned a large rally in Dayton, Ohio, for August 29, the day after the Democratic convention ends, during which he could unveil his vice-presidential pick to try to steal the spotlight from Obama.

(Reporting by Andy Sullivan, editing by means of Howard Goller and David Storey)