Some companies have halted planned expansions because of the law, while many groups have canceled their scheduled conventions in the state.
Because the Democrats scheduled their convention for late July, the party's candidate will have to stretch out the same allocation over a longer period.
The National Automobile Dealers Association, with 30,000 members, has scheduled its convention for New Orleans at the same time professional football would like to have its Super Bowl week, Jan . 27to Feb. 3. The N.F.L. has about 27,000 hotel rooms booked from Jan . 20 to 27
Soon after, the party scheduled its convention in the city, a first for the G.O.P. White House aides quietly told each other the president had a good chance of winning New York in 2004.
The mayor and Mr. Richard like to boast that the Indiana State Democratic Convention has scheduled its 2012 convention in Fort Wayne because there are finally enough rooms to accommodate 2,000 convention-goers.
What happened, he said, was the Democratic national chairman, Terry McAuliffe, announced that he was holding his convention in mid-July to try to maneuver the Republicans into scheduling their convention to coincide with the Summer Olympics.
Moreover, scheduling the convention late in the summer and back-to-back should mitigate their impact.
It's only fair to note that the Democrats got themselves into this fix by scheduling their Convention so early.
I suspect that in future years, we may see the challenging party avoid scheduling its convention so close to the incumbent's, as it that provides it with very little time to build a sense of momentum.
The convention scheduled a referendum on Newfoundland's political future for June 3 , 1948
