YAHOO NEWS CAPTION: Boxing promoter Don King (R) and delegate Wade Webster of Houston, Texas, attend the opening session of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, August 30, 2004. Republicans start the convention in an upbeat mood after a flurry of new polls showed President George W. Bush gaining ground and slightly leading his Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn US ELECTION
