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Update: I hear that the first issue below has been pulled from the table to avoid a fight. That does not mean that it cannot be brought up at the convention and there is also still the second important issue below that needs to be defeated! WARNING! Romney and Moderate Republicans want Control over who the national delegates are and what is in the Republican Party Platform and Rules! They want to take this power away from the states. This is an attempt to mold the Republican platform to his moderate values and also to force state delegates to be...

Posted: 5:37 pm EDT September 20, 2011Updated: 6:30 pm EDT September 20, 2011 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida is bringing in thousands more police officers as added security during the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. Roughly 4,200 law-enforcement officers from throughout Florida will be on duty and the state also will have 1,700 National Guard on hand the week of Aug. 27. Charlotte, N.C., is adding a similar number of police for the Democratic National Convention the week of Sept. 3.

One Sunday in Denver 2008 Democrat National Convention28 Dem Convention PixAnti-War Protesters, Counter-protesters and the Cops Odds and Ends Pix Turn left??............IronicOur man, RidesAPaleHorse, files several more batches of photos from Denver. We apologize: these came in last night, but because of an all-nighter we pulled on another story (the curious refunds of the Edwards campaign), we're only now getting them posted. We'll have more tomorrow, but for now, pictures of Fun and Games in Denver. Click images to enlarge.Patriot CornerCool copBike reinforcements for the Anti-War MarchBeginning of the Moonbat march in backgroundMoonbats gather outside the parkCounter-protesters have to get...

Group doubles chances by filing under two names. A group that has promised a lively street scene of "old hippies," anarchists and others during the Democratic National Convention may have doubled its chances of getting a permit to protest in city parks. Mark Cohen and his wife, Barbara, organizers for the Recreate 68 Alliance, have filed separate applications under different organizational names. "I don't see anything unfair about it," Mark Cohen said ... But Erin Trapp, director of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, which is accepting the applications, said the city has told organizations to submit one request per...

City engineer warns of dismantling cranes. Construction and business leaders are up in arms over an e-mail from a Denver city engineer warning there could be a moratorium on construction in downtown Denver a month before the Democratic National Convention next year. The issues raised in the e-mail sent by city engineer Joe Saejiw this summer also warned that tower cranes may have to be disassembled, a move that could cost millions of dollars. The scenarios outlined in the e-mail could wreak havoc on the $160 million economic windfall that officials predict the 35,000-person convention will bring to the city...

Move over Republicans -- the Green Party may beat you to bringing a national political convention to the Twin Cities next year. Minneapolis Green activists announced Thursday that they're wooing their party for Minneapolis in July 2008. They'll make the case at this weekend's national Green gathering in Reading, Pa., that Minneapolis' progressive politics -- and some party electoral successes -- make the city a good fit. A decision is expected by Aug. 15. Chicago and Detroit are also vying for the Green convention, which is expected to bring about 1,500 people to the host city, organizers of the Minneapolis...

National Democrats announced today that they have picked Denver over New York for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. "The initial euphoria and excitement was joined by anxiety about how much work we have to do," said Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. Denver's selection brings the high-profile political gathering to the Pepsi Center in August 2008 -- exactly 100 years after the city hosted its first and only national party convention. About 35,000 delegates and journalists are expected for what business leaders hope will mean a more than $160 million boon for the city. "There is no question that the West is...

Montreal — Eradicating child poverty and controlling guns are high priorities for Liberal party activists. Lowering the age of consent for anal sex between teens and legalizing marijuana may be good ideas, but not high priorities, delegates indicated Wednesday at the opening of the Liberal convention. Liberals did not swerve too far from the centre of the road in a sparsely attended social policy workshop debate. Youth delegates grumbled that they could not get out the vote for the marijuana resolution because many young Liberal activists are still taking school exams and can't get here until the weekend's main event,...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The state perhaps best known as the political province of Democrats Hubert H. Humphrey Jr., Walter Mondale and Paul Wellstone has a new calling card: host of the 2008 Republican National Convention. A bipartisan crowd of party activists, local officials and business leaders erupted into cheers when official word came down Wednesday at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center. The Twin Cities beat out three other contenders to host the four-day event starting on Labor Day 2008. Even the Democratic mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul celebrated, although it meant their cities are out of the running...

Andrés Manuel López Obrador´s call for an ongoing "convention" of supporters to act as an extra-governmental political force underscores a tactical shift that has already changed the tone of the post-electoral dispute and also could define how Mexico is governed over the next six years. The proposed National Democratic Convention (CND), set to meet for the first time in Mexico City´s Zócalo on Sept. 16, seems designed to convert the current López Obrador-led civil resistance movement into a permanent political movement functioning outside the confines of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD). It also promises to be a permanent thorn...

Pro-Troop Organization Set to Fight Back Against “Blame America” Crowd [New York] -- In just three weeks, thousands of Republican delegates from around America will descend upon New York City for the 2004 Republican National Convention. While convention delegates will announce their support for the re-election of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, another constituency will also be making its way to New York with a very different agenda. Anti-war organizations have been planning for several months to organize the largest anti-war rally in U.S. history. And thousands of these “Blame America First” organizers have already arrived in...

Is it wise to support a candidate based primarily on a visceral dislike of the other candidate, and why can’t Kerry garner positive support? Part of the problem is that Democrats are frankly afraid to promote Kerry for fear they will be asked what Kerry's position is on any particular issue. Recent polls reveal that while John Kerry is doing as well in the polls as George W. Bush, an alarming number of Kerry supporters cannot explain why they support Kerry. A Washington Post/ABC poll conducted in June found that 55% of Kerry supporters stated they were voting for...

The Republican National Convention is planned for New York city, Thursday September 2. I know Protest Warrior is planning on staging a counter-protest of the lefties that are planning a huge protest of the event. Are the Freepers planning on joining us? This should be a HUGE counter-protest if you plan this far in advance. We could probably get thousands of Protest Warriors and Freepers from all over the country to make it up there. Post your ideas and comments. Keep this thread bumped until September.