Bush campaign rallies convention's religious conservatives in private

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/08/31/politics1855EDT0805.DTL

(The real business of the convention is done in secret, accompanied by furious praying...)

08-31) 15:55 PDT NEW YORK (AP) --

The Bush-Cheney campaign held a rally for religious conservatives behind closed doors Tuesday, as the GOP shifted public focus toward its more moderate representatives at the Republican convention.

The "Faith, Family & Freedom Rally" drew hundreds to the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Among the leaders who were introduced but did not speak were the Rev. Jerry Falwell, conservative activist Gary Bauer, and Tony Perkins, head of the conservative Family Research Council, according to several people who attended the event.

The campaign also distributed written endorsements from evangelical leaders including the Rev. Jack Graham, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and James Dobson of Focus on the Family, a Colorado ministry.

"I'll be voting for President Bush," Dobson wrote. "President Bush understands the great moral issues of our time."

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