11.   The only grumbling came from supporters of abortion rights, who accused the Bush campaign of blocking their last-ditch efforts to put that issue before the full convention.

12.   Another full convention is scheduled for later next year in Morocco.

13.   Measures defeated in the committee votes cannot be voted on by the full convention next week.

14.   Port said he believes the resolution would have passed even if it had been debated by the full convention.

15.   Set to jump in within days of Gramm is Alexander, who did not speak to the full convention but appeared at a Friday night reception.

16.   That appeal could wind up before the full convention in Philadelphia this July.