GOP platform taking shape in Minneapolis
Republican leaders are busy getting their party platform in shape before the national convention opens next week in St. Paul.
The GOP platform committee is meeting today and Wednesday at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Members are divided into six topic subcommittees: Expanding Opportunity to Promote Prosperity, Defending the Nation/Securing the Peace, Reforming Government to Serve the People, Guaranteeing Energy Independence and a Cleaner Environment, Protecting Families/Preserving Our Values and Advancing a Healthier and More Competitive America.
North Carolina Senator Richard Burr, a co-chairman of the platform committee, said the goal is to write a platform that voters can easily to read and understand.
"Which opens us up to an unlimited opportunity to attract not just Republicans, but Democrats, independents and unaffiliated who align more with the Republican principles than they do our opposition," Burr said.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Tony Sutton are the two Minnesotans on the 112-member platform committee. Sutton is also co-chairman of the Expanding Opportunity to Promote Prosperity subcommittee.
The full committee is expected to complete it work late Wednesday. RNC delegates will ratify the platform during the opening day of the convention on Monday.
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