Preparations for RNC show are impressive.

Everyone knows politics is big business. Just look at the list of entities that have contributed $1 million or more in cash, services or goods to the 2000 Republican National Convention:

AT&T, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Bell Atlantic, the City of Philadelphia, Comcast the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware River Port Authority, General Motors, Motorola and Peco Energy, according to Philadelphia 2000.

Philip Morris will reportedly fill goodie bags with non-tobacco products like Altoids mints, Toblerone chocolate, MaxWell House coffee, Miller beer and, naturally, Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Even Jeremy's MicroBatch Ice Cream, the tiny start-up …