Posted on 07/25/2004 3:07:44 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War
NATIONAL JOURNAL'S
CONVENTION DAILY E-MAIL ALERT
Presented By Business Roundtable
o Plan B For Buckeye Dems
o Poll Shows Solid Minority Support
o News Flash: Dems "Optimistic"
o Jesse Jackson's Partisan Diet
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THE PARTY SCENE
Plan B For Buckeye Dems
When it comes to tonight's delegate reception, Ohio originally seemed to be sitting pretty -- delegates were set to party at the Samuel Adams Brewery. Then the Buckeyes backed out, due to threatened police picket lines at the event. Those protests are now off, but Ohio Dems say it's too late to go back to the original plan; delegates are being encouraged to attend the Florian Hall party with local unions instead. All of which leaves one very important question: What happens to all the beer-flavored ice cream churned in preparation for tonight's cancelled brewery fest?
POLLS
Yet Another Sign Of Solid Bases
GOP outreach to black and Hispanic voters hasn't paid off, according to a poll released Sunday by the University of Pennsylvania's National Annenberg Election Survey. Adam Clymer, political director for the project, said that while the percentage of black voters who call themselves Democrats has held steady since 2000, the percentage of Hispanics who do so has jumped from 39 percent to 45 percent today. The Bush camp has been successful at shoring up support among white evangelicals and born-again Christians, however -- a group that makes up a larger share of the population than blacks and Hispanics combined.
CLIP-N-SAVE
Free Legal Aid Available To Press
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has arranged legal help for credentialed press covering the convention. Attorneys from Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Type, LLP will be available via the 24-hour "Media Hotline" to offer cost-free legal advice and representation for reporters with regard to convention access and coverage, as well as related political protests. The hotline phone number is (888) 428-7490.
SPIN PATROL
Shiny Happy People
Just in case you didn't get the convention word, that word is "positive." Or, maybe it's "optimistic." There were at least seven insertions of those sunny adjectives into this afternoon's Democratic National Committee news conference at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Among those looking on the bright side: DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe; Convention Chairman and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; and Stephanie Cutter, communications director for the Kerry-Edwards campaign.
PEOPLE
Fun With Acronyms
At Sunday's AFSCME meeting, the Rev. Jesse Jackson eschewed the sandwiches provided, saying he was putting himself on a on a 10-day "low CARB" diet -- one low in Vice President Dick Cheney, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and President Bush.
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white evangelicals and born-again Christians
How many people are in this group. Is this group alone enough to carry an election if they had near full turnout?
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