1.   Both the Democrats and Republicans are finding new ways of using these high-tech tools in writing their platforms.

2.   By contrast, the Democratic platform was written and edited by members of the White House staff and other Clinton loyalists.

3.   Exit polls, he said, do not write platforms.

4.   In addition to writing the platform, Cherny currently is an editor for the Democratic policy journal Blueprint, is attending law school and working part-time advising Hertzberg.

5.   So just why do parties write platforms anyway?

6.   They also write party platforms and pass resolutions on a variety of subjects.

7.   Writing a platform may be a job sought only by those cut out of more glamorous party functions, like running for office or organizing a presidential campaign.

8.   The alliance, called Convergence, said it intends to write a platform for a national unity government that would hold general elections as soon as possible.