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The Democratic National Convention wrapped up last night in Boston. The much-hyped event was four days of endless cheering, political signage and party unity; all culminating last night with John Kerry's speech officially accepting his party's nomination for president. With the fanfare over and the election still 95 days away, we'll recap the high and not-so-high points of the DNC, ask what was accomplished and where John Kerry and the Democratic Party goes from here. Laura's guests are Guy MacMillin, Editorial page editor for The Keene Sentinel; Linda Fowler, Professor of Government at Dartmouth College; Kathleen Sullivan, Chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party; Jayne Millerick, Chairman of the New Hampshire State Republican Committee. Bob Baines, Mayor of Manchester and New Hampshire Delegate and TBA.

Just say no...to sex? A federal abstinence only initiative has trickled down to New Hampshire in thousand of dollars in funding. We'll ask what these programs teach and whether they work. Laura's guests are Jennifer Frizzel, public affairs director at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and Brook Dupee, manager of the abstinence only program for the commissioner's office at the state department of Health and Human Services. We will also hear from 18 year old abstinence advocate Alexis Pennington of Claremont.

We open the show with Representative Ray Buckley who is a six-time New Hampshire Democratic Delegate, who will update us on how the Democratic National Convention is going.

New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts are all in a crisis over how to pay for public schools. The education financing issues may have different players, different solutions and different ways of going about those solutions but there?s a lot in common too? endless lawsuits, tax fights and stories of schools falling apart in the poorest communities. We?ll talk with a roundtable of editors, reporters and analysts from each state as to how each state is faring and what each state might learn from the others. Laura?s guests are Jon Greenberg, New Hampshire Public Radio?s Executive Editor, John Zicconi, Political Reporter for the Vermont Press Bureau, and Victoria Dodd, Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

With the Democratic convention only several days away, we speak to a roundtable of New Hampshire Delegates getting ready to head down to Boston. We'll talk with them about their hopes for the Democratic Platform, what they wish to get accomplished at the convention and the message they hope to deliver to Americans nationwide. Laura's guests are Representative Ray Buckley, Manchester Ward 8 Representative, political consultant and six-time New Hampshire Delegate; Ricia McMahon, Vice President of Americans for Campaign Finance Reform and two time DNC delegate; Sara Ayres, Hanover native, Dartmouth College student and first time delegate, and Representative Joe Miller, 82 year old retired doctor, State Senator from Durham, and first time delegate. We will also hear from first time delegate Stephen Shurtleff, Vietnam Veteran and retired US Marshall living in Penacook.

The DNC is John Kerry's first chance to present himself to a national audience. We'll ask what Kerry needs to do under the spotlight and how much voters will pay attention. Laura's guests are Rich Killion, pollster at Franklin Pierce College and Vice President of Elevare Communications and Dean Spiliotes, professor at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. We will also hear from Senator Max Cleland, who will give John Kerry's introduction at the convention, and Rand Beers, national security advisor to the Kerry campaign.