1.   Nationally, Republican delegates listed fiscal issues as most important by a two-to-one Margin.

2.   And, with a little prodding from other Republican delegates on the floor, he did.

3.   As Republican delegates meet this week in San Diego, the change in demographics is no accident.

4.   Bill Chappell, a black Republican delegate from Atlanta, said his turnaround came during his growing-up years in the Los Angeles area.

5.   A profile of a Republican delegate.

6.   All in all, Republican delegates from across the nation wore fewer tailored suits and more open-toed shoes than one might have expected from self-avowed conservatives.

7.   But the ballots will be coded so that only Republican votes count toward selecting Republican delegates and only Democratic votes pick Democratic delegates.

8.   By the end of the month, nearly two-thirds of the Republican delegates will have been awarded.

9.   Democratic delegates were much closer to public attitudes than Republican delegates on questions of increasing safety and environmental regulation of business and requiring trigger locks on handguns.

10.   Despite public opinion polls, the opinion of Republican delegates has changed little.