Kerry is considering delaying his nomination until one month after the Convention.
John Kerry is considering delaying his acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's July convention so that he can keep spending the millions of dollars that he raised during the primaries, The Associated Press has learned.
If Kerry were to delay acceptance of his nomination for a month, he would even the playing field with President Bush, who is planning to accept the nomination at the Republican National Convention five weeks later. The party convention would still be held at the end of July, but Kerry would officially accept the nomination at a later date under such a plan.
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Delaying the nomination would be a dramatic move and is believed to be the first time a candidate would ask his party to reschedule his nomination so he could stop the clock from ticking on his general-election government financing.
So they'll have the Convention, but no one will be nominated. All so he gets to keep spending private funds the way he wants.
Also, exactly why is the AP journalist saying that doing this will "even the playing field"? The party in power always holds their Convention last. That's how you have an "even playing field."
(Via Lucianne.)
Posted by floridacracker at May 21, 2004 03:38 PM