61.   On cultural issues, Powell sounded more like a moderate Democrat than like the conservative Republican delegates in San Diego who have adopted a mean-spirited party platform.

62.   One company, SpeakOut.com, is providing technical tools at no charge to both parties to create systems to manage the online presentation of their party platforms.

63.   Outsiders often wonder why there is so much shouting over party platforms.

64.   Party platforms are instruments of interest mostly to political wonks.

65.   Party platforms will adhere to these principles.

66.   Political scientists say that party platforms are often a reliable guide to how presidential candidates will perform if elected.

67.   Party officials wanted as few people as possible to see any messy floor fights that might have arisen over the party platform, particularly over abortion.

68.   Party platform writers refused to grant him even a throwaway line saying Republicans were tolerant folk.

69.   Pataki disagrees with the party platform, which says automatic citizenship should be denied to American-born children of illegal immigrants.