Republican convention opens
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US Republicans kicked off their national convention to launch President George W. Bush on his final run for re-election to a second, four-year term.
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The Republican candidate is on the campaign trail today with his announcement speech.
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NEW YORK - Demonstrators choked the streets Sunday in front of Madison Square Garden and delegates and supporters streamed into New York City as final preparations were made for the Republican National Convention, which opens Monday morning.
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Republican delegates converging on New York for this week&#39;s convention can expect the red carpet treatment -- private shopping days at Bloomingdale&#39;s and Macy&#39;s, batting practice at Shea Stadium with Mets baseball players, free tickets to Broadway shows
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Over 2,500 Republican delegates gathering in New York adopted a party platform on the first day of a four-day national convention on Monday, touting President George W. Bush&#39;s achievements over the past four years.
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NEW YORK -- In an election year with a tight, fiercely partisan presidential race, skeptics might wonder why the GOP is having its convention, which starts today, in New York City.
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By Bob Schieffer. By Mark Knoller. By Dotty Lynch. Congratulations, Republicans! You are about to become the proud owners of a sparkling new 2004 convention - a four-day chance to make the case for the re-election of President Bush.
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Florida's Jan. 29 race is the first with all GOP hopefuls contending in full.
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The race to the White House will pick up speed on Monday as the Republican Party opens its convention and moves towards George W. Bush accepting the party&#39;s nomination.
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After a weekend full of protests and demonstrations, Republicans prepared to seize the spotlight Monday for their party&#39;s first convention in the Big Apple.
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The US Republican Party has kicked off its national convention in New York to launch President George W Bush on his run for a second, four-year term.
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Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK With the Republican National Convention set to kick off Monday in New York, the 15,000 credentialed journalists in town have extremely varied interests, but they seem to agree on two things: the security is tighter than at the Democratic convention in Boston, but the working conditions are better.
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The Republican National Convention is in town. There&#39;s a lot of protesters here. It feels just like the &#39;60s. The air is full of the aroma of tear gas and weed.
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Nearly 5,000 Republican delegates open their national convention Monday in a much brighter mood than would have been the case one month earlier.
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NEW YORK - Republicans belittled Democratic Sen. John Kerry as a shift-in-the-wind campaigner unworthy of the White House on Monday, opening their national convention four miles from Ground Zero of America's worst terrorist attack...
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The Republican National Convention, which opens Monday at Madison Square Garden in midtown Manhattan, is being bankrolled and feted to an extraordinary degree by the financial services behemoths that are concentrated at the island's southern tip.
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For once, when the US Open kicks off in New York tomorrow it won&#39;t be the biggest show in town. The Republican convention, with its threatened attendant demonstrations