GOP Convention a Stage for George Pataki
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When George Pataki welcomes thousands of Republican stalwarts to their national convention in New York City, more than a few will be sizing up the three-term New York governor as a national party leader.
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It didn't take long for prominent Republicans to take their shots at the entertainment industry as party members gathered in Madison Square Garden for the opening night of the GOP's four-day presidential nominating convention Monday.
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FOR GEORGE W. BUSH, as for any president seeking a second term, the party&#39;s convention presents a different, and in many ways more difficult, task than that facing his opponent.
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One might expect Republican senators to cheer the prospect of a colleague becoming the party's presidential nominee.
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Republicans opened their four-day  national convention on Monday with salutes to President Bush's  wartime leadership and repeated reminders of his aggressive  response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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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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Republicans open their national  convention Monday with a tribute to victims of the Sept. 11,  2001, attacks and a salute to President Bush by two of the  party's best known moderates, former New York Mayor Rudolph  Giuliani and Arizona Sen. John McCain.
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It seemed like a good idea at the  time. When Republicans decided more than 18 months ago to hold  their national convention in New York, party leaders were  brimming with optimism.
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Wyoming Republicans choose 12 delegates Saturday to the GOP national convention in September, an attempt to have a brief moment in the political spotlight by weighing in early in the selection of a presidential nominee.
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Republicans opened their four-day national convention on Monday with salutes to President Bush&#39;s wartime leadership and repeated reminders of his response to the Sept.
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The Republican National Convention, which will nominate President Bush in hopes of another four-year term in office, opens in New York Monday.
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Republicans can avert a disastrous midterm election this fall by returning to basic conservative themes that set them apart from Democrats, New York Gov. George Pataki said Saturday.
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Republican Mitt Romney bluntly challenged his own party while John McCain and Rudy Giuliani assailed Democratic rivals as the GOP presidential hopefuls courted activists in a state that's now a player in the nomination march.
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The Republican presidential race is so unsettled that some party officials are openly talking of a scenario that seemed almost unthinkable until now: the first contested GOP convention in 60 years
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NEW YORK  - Republicans began taking a  bite at the Big Apple on Monday as they launched their  political convention by hyping President Bush's leadership  qualities and approving the party's platform.
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Republicans opened their national  convention on Monday to nominate President Bush for a second  term with plans for four days of tributes to his wartime  leadership and his response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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The Republican Party opened its convention by evoking the Sept. 11 attacks, as former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York asserted that John Kerry could not lead a war on terror.