51.   All the power is vested in the state organizations, which will operate independently except as organized annually in a national convention.

52.   Britt attended the national convention in Tampa, Fla., and supported another candidate, the Rev. E.V. Hill of Los Angeles.

53.   Bush and Gingrich were keynote speakers on the first day of the national LULAC convention at the Dallas Hyatt Regency.

54.   Bush supported Hutchison, who eked out a national convention spot during a state convention vote.

55.   Bush rarely mentions Gore by name in his campaign speeches, and his campaign has put together a national convention that will avoid traditional attacks on the opposition.

56.   But a national convention to choose the candidate, scheduled for this weekend , has been postponed by three days, because of disagreements.

57.   But a two-thirds majority at the national convention can overturn the mail-in voting results.

58.   But he said moderates such as Dilday are leading the state convention away from the conservative path of the national convention.

59.   But delegates to the national nominating conventions will be selected on the basis of party-member votes alone.

60.   But in California, registered Republicans are the only ones who count in selecting delegates to the national convention this summer in Philadelphia.