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Winning the party nomination means winning enough delegates to the party's convention. In the current system, states engage in a "race to the bottom"--or a "race to the front"--pushing primaries back so their residents can cast votes that count. The result is called "front loading." Such a...
However, the plan faces opposition. Some Republicans, concerned for states' rights, have objected to the plan's coercive enforcement provisions, under which states whose legislatures do not adopt the plan could lose some 50 to 90 percent of their convention delegates. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, has expressed...
Older voters have proven they'll do just that, and Gore will be focusing on them as he tries to discredit Bush's plan. The vice president's first stop on Wednesday was a speech to 10,000 senior citizens at an American Association of Retired Persons convention. There and...
If I was guilty of flouting convention, so is Rei Kawakubo. Since 1981, when she made her first Paris showing, the creative force behind Comme des Garons has taken avant-garde fashion to evermore jaw-dropping levels. Jagged ruffles, tattered plaid and wads of foam creating Quasimodo-like lumps are...
Giuliani will likely take the weekend to think about it and another few days to tell the world, and with the state GOP convention on May 30, he doesn't have any longer than that. State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno says Rudy is definitely in. But mayoral sources tell...