SEATTLE (AP) — Doug Gardner, son of former two-term Democratic Gov. Booth Gardner, is headed to New York later this month as a state alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. Shades of Ron Reagan, the Seattle-based son of the late President Reagan, who spoke at the Democratic National Convention in July. [snip]Gardner says that while stem-cell research is an important issue, it's not the main reason he's going. "I just needed to let people know that I didn't agree with the liberal policies that (my father) now embraces," said Gardner, 42. "I love Dad, and I'm with him as...