Meet the Dems’ key convention planner; Iowa GOP snubs Sen. Grassley as convention delegate

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The New York Times profiles Leah Daughtry, the right-hand woman of Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.

By Convention Countdown

July 21, 2008

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DENVER
Aug. 25-28

The New York Times profiles Leah Daughtry, the right-hand woman of Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. She has been charged with orchestrating a successful national convention next month.

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ST. PAUL
Sept. 1-4

Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley may end up attending the GOP convention in St. Paul, but it won’t be as a voting delegate, the Washington Times reports. Evangelical Christians, a strong force in Iowa Republican politics, rejected the senator’s request, the paper said in an article exploring the role of religious activists in party operations.