Rare opportunity for speakers at GOP convention - CNN.com

I expect unusual stock price movement during and immediately after the Republican convention

By Kevin Liptak

Convention speakers a chance for party to showcase its best in prime timeNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will give high-profile GOP keynote addressFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio gets coveted opportunity to nominate RomneyConvention speeches can backfire — just ask Pat Buchanan or Bill ClintonWashington CNN — For one week in August, the Republican Party will have a guaranteed place on prime time TV and, it hopes, voters undivided attention.For many watching, the Republican National Convention will provide the first glimpse of a political fight that has been brewing for more than a year, presenting the GOP with a new opportunity to argue that its best prepared to take over after Novembers election.”The convention is about unifying the party behind the presumptive nominee,” said Matt Burns, communications director for the 2008 GOP convention and currently a managing director with global communications firm Burson-Marsteller. “Speaking slots are often a way to heal old wounds after bruising primaries.”Burns also pointed to a speakers prominence — or their status as a “rising star” — as another factor in determining who to put on the convention stage.

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