Currently, there is no disclosure requirement on these groups, nor are there limits on the donations they can accept. As a former boxer who once fought with a broken cheekbone, Jim Florio , the politician, has endured countless analogies to his middleweight days. He lost the race for governor three times, once by 1,797 votes out of the 2.3 million cast, only to win the State House by an impressive margin in 1989. Bush told Hearst Newspapers editors and executives that he expects to reach a decision in coming weeks, but will most likely delay his announcement until closer to the convention in Philadelphia beginning July 31. The Democrats are offering free Internet service for cybervoters, but people who accept have to answer some fairly personal questions.
Ethnicity is optional.
National Democratic chairman Joe Andrew says no individual's personal information will be sold, but rather will be used in aggregate for marketing and to improve the service. George W. Bush is planning to break with tradition and lower the decibel level on partisan attacks at the Republican convention by focusing on positive proposals for the future. Spokeswoman Karen Hughes and other advisers say Bush hopes to strike a more high-minded tone than in conventions past. The only two public platform hearings being planned will focus on issues such as education, health care and Social Security and avoid more contentious subjects such as abortion, campaign finance and tax cuts. GOP spokeswoman Ginny Wolfe said that instead of beginning platform deliberations the Monday before the convention, planners are considering distributing the draft Thursday and acting on it Friday and Saturday.