21.   Lieberman spent part of his time in the convention city trying to reassure black voters about his views on affirmative action.

22.   The political hoopla capped a day in which Bush flew into the convention city aboard a campaign plane repainted red white and blue.

23.   The vice president arrives in his convention city Wednesday, hours before his formal nomination by delegates won in the primaries of winter and spring.

24.   This week, the Republican convention city is swarming with people, ideas, arguments.