NationStates Jolt Archive

What's the point of them, anymore? The candidates are usually selected to run under their party in all but name. However, the events end up draining security resources for days on end, and both invite wacky protestors that try to start riots. Why are they still held?

To get buisness done I think. It's almost just like a party to have fun. But way back then they actually selected a candidate at the convention.

Reps have lots of parties at their conventions, with free alcohol and stuff.
Alot of people get drunk at these parties and end up coming back to the convention with migraines the next morning.

Also, they are used to network for grassroots issues.
If you want to run for office, pick a party and go to its convention.
Also a good place to get job offers.
Stupid of me, to refuse a job offer for the chairmanship of one the leading lobbying firms in Washington DC today.
I wish had taken them, then I'd making all kinds of money.
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To get buisness done I think. It's almost just like a party to have fun. But way back then they actually selected a candidate at the convention.
They hold lots of debates too.

"It's my party and I'll have a convention if I want to,
Have a convention if I want to,
Have a convention if I want to,
You would have a convention, too, if it happened to you!"

Just kidding! Seriously, I don't know the exact reason.

Reps have lots of parties at their conventions, with free alcohol and stuff.
Alot of people get drunk at these parties and end up coming back to the convention with migraines the next morning.

Also, they are used to network for grassroots issues.
If you want to run for office, pick a party and go to its convention.
Also a good place to get job offers.
Stupid of me, to refuse a job offer for the chairmanship of one the leading lobbying firms in Washington DC today.
I wish had taken them, then I'd making all kinds of money.
:headbang:
They should hold something smaller, though. And while they're at it, hold it in smaller towns. They're easier to secure than some of these big cities. Besides, they could also do something like at the G8 summits, where the protestors and the spectators are far, far away.

Conventions are the only place that allows actual people who aren't party officals to change party policy. Robert's Rules of Order + Crazy Ideas = Platform responsive to majority opinion. And Weee for Boston, gonna have a good time there.

Conventions are the only place that allows actual people who aren't party officals to change party policy. Robert's Rules of Order + Crazy Ideas = Platform responsive to majority opinion. And Weee for Boston, gonna have a good time there.
I'm somewhat convinced that people deciding party policy has made them as broad, and somewhat overllaping, as they are. When people vote, they vote for the candidate with the most money. I'm not saying that republics should be destroyed, but if Congressional bills can be vetoed by the president, shouldn't the party chairman have the same power?

Conventions are the only place that allows actual people who aren't party officals to change party policy. Robert's Rules of Order + Crazy Ideas = Platform responsive to majority opinion. And Weee for Boston, gonna have a good time there.

yep, but RRO don't always apply.
It's also the best way to get a hold of your congressman.
Its really easy to approach them at these events, you don't have to go through security or anything.
All you have to do is register, which in CA costs 150 dollars the last time I did it.
Don't purchase the meals though. Less you don't mind paying 120 dollars a plate with only a tiny slice of carrot on it.

I'm somewhat convinced that people deciding party policy has made them as broad, and somewhat overllaping, as they are. When people vote, they vote for the candidate with the most money. I'm not saying that republics should be destroyed, but if Congressional bills can be vetoed by the president, shouldn't the party chairman have the same power?
Well, he does, but usually when he exercises it, he gets recalled on the spot.

Well, he does, but usually when he exercises it, he gets recalled on the spot.
Oh. In any case, however, I guess it doesn't matter. There's no doubt that the two candidates will be John Kerry and George Bush, regardless of what happens at the conventions. But I think that each party can set their own governing policy. For example, the Greens choose their candidate by popular vote, and hold no convention afterwards.