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Updated on 8/4/00 at 10:30 a.m. EST
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Whisper of the Day
Calling all cars
 It sounded good, anyway. House Majority Whip Tom DeLay would treat House Republicans attending the GOP convention like kings and queens, providing a plush hospitality suite on a Union Pacific train and 24-hour limo service. The train worked like a charm. But it seems the limo plan backfired.
(Read on.)
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DAILY COLUMN |
Reporter's Notebook
Roger Simon on the GOP party circuit
The party for John McCain was at a very chic Asian restaurant with a massive 10-foot-high seated Buddha dominating one wall.
Waiters and waitresses dressed in black circulated constantly offering delicacies on silver platters.
It was all very, very civilized. About 500 people were invited and most of them showed up, though they did not seem to include any of the big shots in the Republican
Party. (Read on.)
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OUTSIDE THE HALL |
Outside the Hall
Peace on the streets
As George W. Bush officially took up the mantle of his father's party this week, the Philadelphia that hosted him was a kinder, gentler place than many had expected. Police and citizens fearing replays of the violent protests that marked Seattle's World Trade Organization meeting in March instead saw four days of peaceful demonstrations and just a few hours of relative chaos on Tuesday.
(Read on.)
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| | 1948 CONVENTIONS |
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It would all happen in Philadelphia.
The old politics, the old media, the old
ways of campaigning would all disintegrate before the very eyes of the populace. But nobody knew it. (Read on.)
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| | DID YOU KNOW? |
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Convention planners included entertainment acts in the schedule for the first time in 1956.
Learn more about convention history with our interactive timeline.
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