Friday, August 4, 2000, Closing Commentary: LAYING DOWN THE GAUNTLET... the Fifth and Final Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Thursday, August 3, 2000, Day 4 Commentary: "OVER THE TOP" FOR THE TEXAN... the Fourth Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Thursday, August 3, 2000, Transcript: Governor George Bush's Acceptance Speech

Following the rolling roll call vote, the nomination was made unanimous by a voice vote.

Wednesday, August 2, 2000, Day 3 Commentary: PATCHING UP CRACKS IN THE BASE... the Third Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Wednesday, August 2, 2000, Transcript: Secretary Richard Cheney's Acceptance Speech

Tuesday, August 1, 2000, Day 2 Commentary: RE-INVENTING THE ELEPHANT... the Second Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Monday, July 31, 2000, Day 1 Commentary: SETTING THE STAGE... the First Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Monday, July 31, 2000, Introductory Commentary: ELEPHANTS AND BUNTING GALORE IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE... the 37th Republican National Convention gets ready to open for business

Tuesday, July 25, 2000, Commentary: I WANT A VEEP JUST LIKE A VEEP WHO'LL RUN LIKE DEAR OLD DAD... Richard B. Cheney as the Republican vice-presidential candidate

The 37th REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION will have a total of 2066 delegates, with 1034 (a majority) necessary in order for a Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidate to be nominated.

The rules for the 2000 Republican National Convention call for the following formula for determining the number of delegates:

• 6 at-large delegates for each state
• 3 delegates for each congressional district in the state and
• "Bonus" delegates are awarded to states which cast their electoral vote for the 1996 Republican presidential nominee (Bob Dole), such states receiving 4.5 delegates plus 60 percent of their electoral vote. States are also given one "bonus" delegate for each of the following:
  • a Republican United States Senator;
  • a delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives which is at least half Republican;
  • a Republican Governor;
  • a house of the state's Legislature controlled by Republicans or in which the Republican membership has increased by at least 25 percent of the total number of seats;
  • Republican control of both houses of the state's Legislature.
  "Bonus" delegates are also awarded to those states willing to delay their GOP presidential primaries or first-tier caucuses until later in the pre-Convention period: the Rules of the Republican Party provide these additional "bonus" delegates based on the following schedule for states holding their first event for a presidential vote or for selecting national convention delegates:
  • between March 15 and April 14 - five percent (5%);
  • between April 15 and May 14 - seven and one half percent (7.5%); and
  • between May 15 and the third Tuesday of June - ten percent (10%).