61.   Some are chosen in statewide elections, others at state party conventions, and others in caucuses.

62.   Since then, party conventions have been fit mostly for C-Span.

63.   Thanks to campaign-finance rules, Clinton will also enjoy an important tactical advantage in the months leading up to the party conventions in August.

64.   The candidates compete in state primaries to win delegates to their party conventions, held in the summer.

65.   The gathering offered a revealing look at how money and politics converge at national party conventions, and illustrates the challenge Congress faces in rewriting campaign finance laws.

66.   The issue is to be decided at the state party convention on Saturday.

67.   The next big events will be in August, when the Republicans hold their party convention in San Diego and the Democrats gather in Chicago.

68.   The only other relevant fact is that the initial story came after allusions to scandal were made in public at a party convention of Ulster unionists.

69.   The Movement bans party conventions and rallies.

70.   The party conventions are more than a year away, and the common wisdom has been wrong before.