GOP Comes Up $10 Million Short For Scaled-Back Convention

GOP convention officials discover deficit just in time
They recently found they were $10 million short, but have since scrambled to make up much of the gap.

ST. PAUL, MINN. -- Republican Party officials have developed a well-deserved reputation for planning evermore extravagant national conventions, each built on the party's ability to secure abundant cash.But just six weeks before the convention, where Arizona Sen. John McCain is to accept his party's nomination, executives found they were about $10 million short of what they needed for a celebration they had already scaled back.

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