Shadows and Lies

With the crisis in the Gulf beginning to overshadow the presidential
campaign, the party faithful are gathered today at Madison Square Garden
in New York City for the Democratic National Convention which begins
tomorrow. The President and First Lady remain in Washington until later
this week when both will address the convention. President Tufts said in a
short statement late Sunday that he is pleased with the party platform. "It
is a plank on which I know I can win reelection and lead this great nation
into the next century." He had no comment on the deteriorating situation
in the Gulf.