We then had this incredible opportunity to speak at the national convention in Boston.
The Republican National Convention took place last week and the Democratic National Convention is currently in session.
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Only 12 delegates to the national convention were at stake in Saturday's caucuses, but Obama and Sen.
The National Convention Convening Commission is meeting twice a week, and it has some difficulties right now.
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said he hoped Akin would not come to the national convention in Florida.
"She's always at the national convention losing fights on the platform, " he says.
Neither Clinton nor Obama may get enough delegates -- 2, 024 -- to clinch the nomination before the national convention in August.
At each caucus or primary, voters are actually choosing delegates to the national convention who have pledged themselves to a candidate.
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The Republican presidential candidate who spent the most time campaigning in Wyoming has won the majority of that state's delegates to the national convention.
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But if at least 15 percent of the voters in a congressional district opt for "uncommitted, " delegates not bound to any candidate could attend the national convention.
The Democratic Party is likely to meet the states halfway when it comes to seating their delegates at the national convention, two members of the rules committee said Wednesday.
Three members of the Republican National Committee are elected from each state and are automatically delegates to the national convention unless the RNC has penalized that state for any reason.
And we'll be offering full coverage of the Republican National Convention next week, although soon-to-be Republican nominee John McCain appeared before a convention yesterday: the 90th National Convention of the American Legion.
Clinton also said she was looking forward to the Florida primary on Tuesday, an event that has been proscribed by the Democratic National Committee and that will yield no delegates to the national convention.
DNC, sent out a letter earlier this year stating that LaRouche delegates would not be seated on the floor of the national convention since, under their rules, Mr LaRouche is not a bona fide Democrat.
"As far as real-world applications at this point, it would be more of a quality-control device, " said researcher Christopher Musto, who presented the device this week to the national convention of the American Chemical Society.
The Democratic vote may have little impact on the presidential race, however, because the party's national leadership said it would not allow Florida's delegates to participate in the national convention because of a squabble over scheduling.
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Michigan, said she is working with state Democratic leaders and the Clinton and Obama campaigns on a plan for another vote to ensure that all of Michigan's 156 delegates get seated at the national convention in August.
The panel also proposed changes to how the GOP chooses its presidential nominee, such as limiting the number of primary debates, condensing the primary calendar and moving the national convention into the early summer all in the interest, it said, of protecting and strengthening the eventual nominee.
Curiosity running high, Palin grabbed a massive 37.2 million television viewers with her 37-minute speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night, according to Nielsen Media Research, just 1.3 million short of the record-setting 38.5 million Obama lured to the tube at the Democratic National Convention a week ago.
Mr. Hilton, 42, had just lost an inter-party election for a part-time, unpaid position on the party's national council at the Winnipeg national convention.
With the Democratic National Convention just a week before the GOP convention, McCain didn't have the advantage of being able to dominate news coverage for several days before announcing his choice, as Obama did.
Tonight, when she speaks at the Republican National Convention, the rest of America will meet her.
This may surprise you, but I don t come to the Republican National Convention for the food, she said.
But the election is two long months away--and next week, at the Republican National Convention, the focus will turn to McCain.
New polls show that since the Republican National Convention, the presidential race has tightened, and many analysts credit Palin with making the difference.
Hurricane Gustav may be lurching toward New Orleans, causing the Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities to cease all but necessary business on Monday.
Saturday, two days before the start of the Democratic National Convention, the Illinois senator was scheduled to give his first stump speech with his new running mate.
Joe DeSantis said Gingrich's decision to lay off staff and replace his campaign manager was a reorganization that would enable him to fight on to the Republican National Convention in the summer and win the nomination there.
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