1.   As platform director, Cherny joins the ranks of other platform writers with silky prose and grand ideas who later became leading policy makers within the party.

2.   But, you know, platform writers will be platform writers.

3.   He intoned a flat speech via satellite to the Republican platform writers in San Diego, pointedly avoiding the hottest topic, abortion.

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

5.   The platform writers did a much more honest job in confronting the abortion issue.

6.   A spokesman for Bush said the campaign was confident the platform writers would draft a document the governor can be proud of.

7.   But late Monday anti-abortion convention platform writers refused to include the amendment.