It's not the platform of Mitt Rommey." Party platforms contain language to appease insiders, even though that carries the risk of political damage. In Tampa this week, the Platform Committee's ...

Party Platforms Are Not Just Meaningless Fluffery ... Someone once defined a national political party as a group of people who meet once every four years to nominate someone for president.

Party platforms, for instance, have been studied to see how the two major parties prioritized and positioned themselves on women’s rights in the second half of the 20th century.

Political parties’ platforms – their statements of where they stand on issues – get little respect. President Donald Trump mused recently that he might shrink his party’s platform from 66 ...

The legendary Will Rogers once said that “the reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it.” As to international trade ...

The big headlines and political analysis of of the Republican Party of Texas’ 2014 State Party Convention in Fort Worth. Author: Mark Wiggins Published: 8:34 PM CDT June 9, 2014 ...

Because education policymakers, whether elected or appointed, are immersed in partisan politics, and political party platform planks reflect the views of party leaders and loyalists. While state ...

Party platforms matter because they reflect the general consensus of party members nationwide, but they are competing with an array of other intra-party actors and groups that struggle to leave the… ...

News; Spokane; Sue Lani Madsen: Party platforms have value for marketing, mission, even if they have no teeth Fri., July 29, 2016 Sue Lani Madsen, an architect and rancher, will write opinion for ...