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LEXINGTON, Va. — A gymnasium full of college students here on Saturday did what a former Republican Party chairman, a former vice president and a former speaker of the House who addressed their mock convention would not: predict the Republican nominee for president. And they did so with bravado, perhaps characteristic of their nominee, predicting that Donald J. Trump, the business tycoon who has never held elected office, would win the Republican nomination with more than twice as many delegates as the runner-up, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. For a political culture awash with polls and punditry, the mock convention...

As Miss Coulter explains in her Washington and Lee University Mock Convention speech: Immigration, Immigration, Immigration

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Students at Washington and Lee University chose John Kerry to win the Democratic presidential nomination during a mock convention Saturday with a remarkable record--since 1908 the students have picked the correct opposition nominee 17 of 22 times. "We thought it might come down to the last state's votes, but Kerry's momentum put him over the top with a mere five states to go," said Michael Denbow, political chairman of the Mock Convention's executive committee. Kerry won the nomination with 2,432 delegates. Howard Dean came in second with 943 delegates, and John Edwards received 719, the convention said....

Sen. John Kerry will be the next Democratic nominee for president if Washington and Lee University's prediction record holds true. Kerry received 2,431 delegate votes in the 2004 Mock Convention held Friday and Saturday. Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean trailed by more than half for second place with 944 votes. Sen. John Edwards earned 719 delegate votes and the convention's nomination for vice president. The quadrennial event featured keynote speaker James Carville, who lamented the younger generation's loss of a president they, and the world, can trust and admire. He rallied the historically conservative students, who at times had difficulty...

The Reverend Al Sharpton could barely contain a smile Thursday when he visited the tomb of Robert E. Lee'I want people to see that if I will go to Robert E. Lee's tomb, I will go anywhere!!' [to become the 2004 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States] He then added: 'I wonder how this will play in Harlem?' Reverend Sharpton paid his respects at the end of another improbable campaign day appearance at Washington and Lee University.Neither Sharpton nor student leaders expected a meeting of the minds. It was more like a marriage of convenience.Washington and Lee students...

Sharpton to be W&L speaker BY CALVIN R. TRICE TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER May 01, 2003 LEXINGTON - Presidential hopeful the Rev. Al Sharpton will highlight the speakers' list next week for the start of Washington and Lee University's famous Mock Convention. Sharpton will speak at 4:30 p.m. next Thursday at the Lee Chapel during the spring kickoff for the 2004 Democratic Mock Convention. The kickoff is scheduled for May 7-9, W&L student organizers said. The event is part of the quadrennial, schoolwide research project that will culminate in the university's 23rd mock nomination convention in January. The project has a...