A young man on the Lower East Side of Manhattan has to make a choice between his girlfriend and his job on the eve of the 2004 Republican National Convention. A young man on the Lower East Side of Manhattan has to make a choice between his girlfriend and his job on the eve of the 2004 Republican National Convention. A young man on the Lower East Side of Manhattan has to make a choice between his girlfriend and his job on the eve of the 2004 Republican National Convention. A young man on the Lower East Side of Manhattan has to make a choice between his girlfriend and his job on the eve of the 2004 Republican National Convention.