Word: gop
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...DIEGO: While most of the 30,000 GOP delegates, journalists and guests have not yet arrived in this Navy town, the Republican National Political Convention already has spurred San Diego natives to enact emergency legislation, plan for mass arrests, fight over billboards and invent new ice cream flavors. Local law enforcement officials are anticipating significant squabbling over the question of abortion. San Diego police have a rapid-response plan to arrest any protesters who attempt to shut down abortion clinics during the convention. Local judges have drawn up an "emergency court session plan" to handle the judicial overload should...
Cambridge Republican John L. Fitzgerald, for example, is looking forward to the infusion of cash Dole's campaign will receive once he's the GOP's official nominee...
...DIEGO: Just who are the delegates to the Republican convention? A new TIME/CNN poll shows they are more likely to be older, wealthier and more conservative than the GOP as a whole. Delegates are also more often men and Protestant. Some 61 percent of the delegates say they attend church at least once a week, although only 11 percent belong to the Christian Coalition. Asked to assess their candidate, 44 percent said Bob Dole's greatest strength is his experience in Washington. Delegates also liked his stands on economic issues and his age. Dole's greatest weakness? His campaign style...
...Dole camp has confirmed that Kemp is one of three vice presidential finalists, along with Florida Senator Connie Mack and one other possibility from a pool of Republican hopefuls that includes Arizona Senator John McCain and former South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell. Kemp held discussions with GOP campaign advisors on Thursday, following a long chat about the nomination the evening before with Dole in his Washington apartment. If Dole chooses Kemp as his Number Two on Saturday, it will be a surprising personal choice given their past history, but could prove politically prudent, says TIME's John Dickerson. "Bob Dole...
...DIEGO: While most of the 30,000 GOP delegates, journalists and guests have not yet arrived in this Navy town, the Republican National Political Convention already has spurred San Diego natives to enact emergency legislation, plan for mass arrests, fight over billboards and invent new ice cream flavors. Local law enforcement officials are anticipating significant squabbling over the question of abortion. San Diego police have a rapid-response plan to arrest any protesters who attempt to shut down abortion clinics during the convention. Local judges have drawn up an "emergency court session plan" to handle the judicial overload should...