11.   Anti-civil rights southerners stormed out of the Democratic convention and prepared to support the Dixiecrat candidacy of then-South Carolina Gov. Strom Thurmond.

12.   Army Archerd of Variety reports that segments of the celebration will be taped for use in the campaign and at the Democratic convention.

13.   As a ferocious master of party rules, ballot access and the outright, poker-faced bluff, Ickes could always threaten to tie Democratic conventions in knots.

14.   As anyone who saw Karenna nominate her father at the Democratic convention already knows, they are very close and mutually adoring.

15.   At Democratic conventions past, the Rev. Jesse Jackson wrote a compelling piece of the story line.

16.   At the Democratic convention in Chicago last summer, Gore was given an especially long speaking slot in prime time.

17.   At the state Democratic convention in Springfield last month, he launched a withering assault on Moseley-Braun in a speech, but got a chilly reception.

18.   At the Democratic convention this week, good manners reign supreme.

19.   At the Republican and Democratic conventions, children were trotted out to sing, deliver slogans and represent the supposedly compassionate policies of both parties.

20.   Before the Democratic convention, polls showed that Bush was ahead of Gore.