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The Candidate: President Bush
Bush Promises 'a Safer World'
President Bush accepted the Republican nomination for a second term with a lofty speech casting his reelection as crucial to the spread of democracy across the world and to the security of Americans at home.
Vice President Cheney
Cheney: Kerry Unfit
Vice President Cheney reached back decades into John F. Kerry's life, arguing in taunting language that the Democratic nominee has demonstrated that he is unfit to be commander in chief.
Key Convention Speeches
• President Bush:
Video | Video Excerpts | Text
• Vice President Cheney:
Video | Video Excerpts | Text
• First Lady Laura Bush:
Video | Video Excerpts | Text
• Sen. Zell Miller:
Video | Video Excerpts | Text
• Rudy Giuliani:
Video | Video Excerpts | Text
  
President Bush (Bill O'Leary - The Washington Post)
Convention Features
• Convention Diary: Weeklong Multimedia Tour
• Dispatches: Terry M. Neal in New York
• Spin Corner: Post Interviews With GOP Newsmakers
• Party Animals: Roundup of the Political Party Scenes
Convention Delegates
• Washington Metro Area Delegates: D.C. | Va. | Md.
• AP Delegate Surveys:
VP Preference | Priorities
New York

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RNC PrepVideo: Bush's Speech
President Bush pledged Thursday to "build a safer world and a more hopeful America."
• Speech: Text | Video Highlights
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Text, Video From the Convention
• Mon. | Tues. | Wed. | Thurs.

___ Convention Diary ___

Multimedia Scrapbook
Post editor Robert G. Kaiser and photographer Lucian Perkins explored New York.
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• Full Convention Coverage


Friday's Question:
It was not until the early 20th century that the Senate enacted rules allowing members to end filibusters and unlimited debate. How many votes were required to invoke cloture when the Senate first adopted the rule in 1917?
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In the News
New Voter Rolls Rise Sharply In Md., Va.: Increase in Area Mirrors Nation (Oct. 2, 2004)

Invoking 9/11 May Temper Views on Iraq War (Sept. 5, 2004)

Speech Fails to Sway These Undecideds (Sept. 4, 2004)

GOP Prism Distorts Some Kerry Positions (Sept. 3, 2004)

Conservatives From Around the Globe Take It All In (Sept. 3, 2004)

George Bush, No Fastball From the Mound (Sept. 3, 2004)

Bush Tries Again With Financial Proposals (Sept. 3, 2004)

The Look Is Red, White and Blah (Sept. 3, 2004)

Bush Promises 'a Safer World': Acceptance Speech Sets Lofty Goals (Sept. 3, 2004)

Zell Miller, the GOP's Grim Speaker (Sept. 3, 2004)

Citizen Diddy: The Rapper-Designer Is Out to Make Voting Hip (Sept. 3, 2004)

Actor Ron Silver Has a New Role, Backing Bush (Sept. 3, 2004)

Domestic Questions Remain (Sept. 3, 2004)

Fallout From Democrat's Address Still Unknown (Sept. 3, 2004)

Judge Orders Demonstrators Freed: Jurist Holds City in Contempt of Court, Saying Dozens of People Were Held Without Charges (Sept. 3, 2004)

Kerry Takes Off Gloves (Sept. 3, 2004)

Text: President Bush's Acceptance Speech to the Republican National Convention (Sept. 2, 2004)

Business, Pleasure, or Both?: As Maryland and Virginia Delegations Party, Lobbyists Pick Up the Tab (Sept. 3, 2004)

The Religious Right, Out of the Spotlight (Sept. 3, 2004)

DeLay Is Letting Others Take Manhattan (Sept. 3, 2004)

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