31.   Further, the Clinton campaign made sure that speakers at the party convention kept to the issues and mostly refrained from personal attacks.

32.   Gargan was elected by a party convention last year, but he was ousted earlier this year during an acrimonious executive committee meeting.

33.   Gone are the days when candidates ended their fund-raising obligations with the party nominating conventions.

34.   He also is about to embark on a carefully choreographed run-up to his party convention.

35.   Gore storms into Silicon valley Friday, while both candidates make crucial appearances before California state party convention on Saturday.

36.   He is leaving the state Friday for home just as California Republicans gather for their party convention.

37.   He said he decided not to speed up the election or reduce costs by allowing Republicans and Democrats to choose nominees at party conventions.

38.   He suggests a special party convention to do just that.

39.   It devoted its national party convention last month to modernizing itself and repressing its hard-line Marxist anti-capitalists.

40.   Juppe has said only that a special party convention should meet this summer to discuss the leadership situation more calmly.