Members of the Federalist Party showed a great deal of poise, thoughtfulness, and respect when all 200 of them debated each plank of thier proposed pltform over the last two days.  Below is an example of the high level of the discourse from the debate on the healthcare plank…

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We ask a lot of the boys this week, and one of the more important tasks is creating a platform for each of the two parties that they are randomly and equally assigned to upon arrival, known as Federalists and Nationalists. Starting on Sunday, the members of each party hold Party Convention meetings each day. One of the first tasks is to determine leadership of the party, which starts by electing a State Committeeman from each Boys’ State city and town. The State Committeemen then select a chairman and secretary from among their ranks, as well as a platform committee and a rules & steering committee. These boys are then charged with running the party meetings, determining the rules for debate, and developing a proposed platform for the party based on input from the boys that they represent. This is a lot ot absorb in a short period of time, and the boys have done a great job of jumping in and making it happen.

The videos below show the results of this process, as of Monday evening, in the Federalist party. Chairman of the party, Jim Hamilton who hails from South Easton and the Boys’s State town of T-3, leads his party through the proposed issue-based planks, resolutions and legislation for the party to include in the platform. 

PROPOSED ISSUE PLANKS – FEDERALIST PARTY:

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The next step is to debate each of the planks and adopt the final language for the platform which the candidates for office with then run on, stayed tuned for some video of the debate on the healthcare plank coming soon…