BTW, Airymouse, if it isn't "grah-tsi-ah," how do you say it?

Gray-tea-eh?

My objection, BTW, is to abbreviations that are not in common usage and are easily confused. You used RNC and DNC in reference to the party sometimes, and sometimes maybe to the National Committee, and sometimes to the National Convention. And thus, I was horribly confused, well nigh to the point of tears, or something.

-José-
SWAK