In 1984, she became the first woman to head the Democrats' national platform committee.

By 1984 she was executive director of the platform committee.

But the 107-member platform committee now says to the Devil with that.

The platform committee will take final action Saturday on the draft.

"We've got several different scenarios to open up the platform committee."

He served on the platform committees in 1960, 1964, and 1968.

The issue is likely to be raised again before the full platform committee this weekend in Denver.

The Bush camp has stacked the platform committee, so a call for a vote there is out of the question.

The platform committee will draft the party's 1992 positions in early August.

The divisions came to a head on June 10, when the convention heard the reports of its platform committee.