Early-bird delegates crowd Madison Square Garden for GOP scene
New York AP reports early arriving delegates from Missouri California South Dakota and Utah claim front row seats at the Republican convention in Madison Square Garden. They describe motives from cheering and dancing to calling mothers and watching security lines as state banners loom and a rock tune interrupts the moment.
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Mary Daily
Missouri
Kris Lesher-Aring
California
Shelley Pitlick
South Dakota
James Evans
Utah
Daisy
Lesher-Aring
Pitrick
Evans
Rolla
Madison. Square Garden
Bush
Clayton
Calif
Idaho
Salt Lake City
New Hampshire
Iowa
Arizona
New Jersey
Mississippi
Connecticut
Pitlick
Onida
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Mass GOP activists head to pivotal states for Bush
Massachusetts Republicans loyal to President Bush plan bus trips and volunteer drives to New Hampshire and Maine, aiming to influence battleground states. Massachusetts Democrats also look outward, with the Kerry campaign organizing travelers to bolster support beyond the state.
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Massachusetts
Bush
GOP
Bay State
John Kerry
New Hampshire
Maine
Senate
Kerry Healey
Irene B. Schall
Kerry
New Bedford
Mass
Jane Lane
Bush Campaign Holds Faith Rally Behind Closed Doors
The Bush Cheney campaign staged a private Faith Family and Freedom Rally at the Waldorf Astoria drawing hundreds of religious conservatives. Though speakers did not appear, leaders like Ralph Reed and Sam Brownback addressed the crowd, underscoring Bush as a man of faith and opposition to abortion rights and gay marriage.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
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Gary Bauer
Tony Perkins
Conservative Family Research Council
Jack Graham
Plano
Texas
The
Southern Baptist Convention
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Focus On the Family
Colorado
Bush
Daniel Lapin
Toward Tradition
America
Ralph Reed
Christian Coalition
Sam Brownback
Kansas
George Bush
Joseph Starrs
American Life League
College Republicans mobilize 120000 youth voters for Bush
RNC chairman Eric Hoplin unveils a 120000 member, 60 staff operation with a multi million dollar budget aimed at registering and turning out 125000 or more under thirty voters in battleground states. Volunteers will register, call, and provide rides on Election Day as part of a comprehensive effort. Democrats, led by Grant Woodard, mobilize students nationwide to swing states for Kerry.
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College
Republican National Committee
Bush
St. Olaf College
Minnesota
Grant Woodard
Grinnell College
Iowa
College Democrats of America
John Kerry
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