What happens in the Republican National Convention?

Question

I need to do a report by tommorow and i dont hav english channels so can u help me get a whole page of the Convention (give website or write it down).
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~thnxz if u help~!!!

Answer 1

Not a whole hell of a lot.



In the old days, before past-paced telecommunications, exit polling, and constant media coverage, there often wasn't a "clear" victor ahead of time, so the delegates would actually make speeches, cast votes, and eliminate candidates until someone won the nomination, which could take several ballots (at the Libertarian Party Convention two months ago, they actually did this: it took five ballots to establish a winner). The winner then gives an acceptance speech to close the convention.



They would also vote to choose a vice-president, and vote to approve "planks" of the party's platform for the coming election. However, these days the presidential candidate chooses his own running mate, and the party platform is established by a small subcommittee of each party that meets independently of the national convention.



These days, all that really happens is people make speeches to support the presidential candidate, and the balloting and acceptance are simply pro forma. Increasingly, even statements of policy and platform are left to media press releases, and the speeches are just to help with the candidate's "message" and appeal to the electorate. These speeches have become something of a spotlight for up-and-coming figures in the two parties; Bill Clinton spoke in 1988 and Colin Powell in 1996, and Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention is widely credited for propelling him onto the national stage.



One of the traditions that is kept alive is the wearing of straw boaters, those funny hats with the ribbon around the brim. A budding tradition is that of lobbyist parties, where major funders of the political parties organize large, exclusive fetes after hours; who gets invited and who shows up at these engagements is a telling summary of who has influence in Washington.

Answer 2

The 2008 Republican National Convention is taking place at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota from September 1 until September 4.[1] The first day of the Republican convention was Labor Day, the last day of the popular Minnesota State Fair, though due to Hurrrican Gustav, this day was mostly a call for action to help victims, without actual normal convention activities taking place, normal convention activities did not start until the second scheduled day.



This is the latest any major party convention has ever been convened,[2] and the first one to take place entirely in September. Traditionally, the party who holds the White House has the opportunity to select the date of its convention second, and normally the challenging party holds their convention in July while the incumbent party holds its convention in August. This year, later dates were chosen for both conventions since the Democrats wanted to schedule their convention after the 2008 Summer Olympics ended, and the Republicans wanted to keep the political and financial advantages of going second.[3]



The attending delegates at the convention will choose and nominate the Republican Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates for the 2008 Presidential election.



1,191 pledged delegates are necessary for a candidate to win the nomination.



The full influence on the convention of Hurricane Gustav's landfall along the Gulf Coast is yet to be seen.

Answer 3

They get together and plot how to take over the world for "democracy." Why not search for the official site of the Republicans? Wikipedia, etc.

Answer 4

HTH..

http://www.gopconvention.com/

Answer 5

http://www.rnc.org/ This is the web site for it.



will have streaming video. Foxnews, MSNBC, Cspan should all have some video.

Answer 6

Oh you didn't know?

It's a Swingers heaven.