McGehee said she hopes someone will protest at each of the more than 1, 600 Chick-fil-A locations.

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The spelling bees in which Flora competes are drained of all drama by the floating, phantasmagoric style that is favored by the directors, Scott McGehee and David Siegel.

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Meredith McGehee, policy director for the Campaign Legal Center, says over-the-top wining and dining, a hallmark of past conventions, is probably a thing of the past--but there will still be "a fair amount of partying" going on.

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