NAACP head wants barred delegates seated
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WASHINGTON Â A prominent civil rights leader has told the Democratic National Committee that refusing to seat delegates from Florida and Michigan would disenfranchise both states' minority communities.
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NEW YORK - Abortion-rights protesters and the first Republican delegates descended on President Bush's heavily fortified convention city Saturday as campaign officials said their boss would use the nomination spotlight to defend his hawkish foreign polices and offer a second-term agenda for health care, education and job training.   "He believes it's important for a candidate to talk about what he's done and, most important, where he wants to lead," said adviser Karen Hughes, aboard Bush's campaign bus in Ohio...
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The US urges Burma to include opposition parties and minority groups as its National Convention reopens.
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Democrat leaders search for a mediator as race for party nomination threatens to drag on until August convention
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The incoming Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee promised on Wednesday to combat what he denounced as President George W. Bush's war-time trampling of American rights.
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The Democratic National Committee is pressuring Michigan and Florida to hold presidential caucuses so the delegates they lost for holding January primaries could be seated at the national convention, a top Michigan Democrat said Wednesday.
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DETROIT -- Julian Bond wants people to understand that when the NAACP symbolically buries the N-word on Monday, the effort will be led by the younger members of the venerable civil rights organization.
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Seven candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee promised Saturday to address the concerns of Southern voters, saying they had learned the lessons of the past two elections.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is angling for Florida's delegates to the Democratic National Convention this summer, even though they have been stripped by the national party.
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Republican Mitt Romney said Wednesday he wants to protect Iowa and New Hampshire as the leadoff nomination states but also wants all states' delegates seated at next year's GOP National Convention.
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States willing to hold back in the rush to move up presidential nominating contests would be rewarded with extra delegates to the Democratic National Convention under a proposal being presented to party leaders.
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The Senate's Democratic leader said Sunday that Republicans "would rue the day" if they try to make it harder for Democrats to stall judicial nominees who could not get a vote last year.
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Former Gov. James Blanchard said Tuesday he is considering entering the race for Democratic National Committee chairman.
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The Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday tapped Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick as its chairwoman for the next two years, when black lawmakers will wield more power in Congress than ever.
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President Thabo Mbeki has urged delegates attending the Nepad Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue to &quot;speak frankly&quot; about finding solutions to challenges hindering the implementation of the plan.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa Â As leaders of the ruling African National Congress huddled behind closed doors Monday to resolve tensions at a crucial conference, a senior party spokesman voiced concern at the level of dissent from members.
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The incoming chairman of the congressional Page Board said Thursday he hopes the panel will meet monthly and expand its membership to help prevent another scandal.