As Senator Specter noted, three “W” governors attended the Republican Majority for Choice’s “big tent” event last night at the Sky Club: Christine Whitman, Peter Wilson, and William Weld. But only Mrs. Whitman could boast that her daughter, Kate, had organized the event.

Daughters seemed to loom large in the minds of the pro-choice Republican organizers. “I’m here for my daughters,” said co-host Libby Pataki of Allison (who was present) and Emily (who was out reporting on the convention for the entertainment news show Extra!).

Co-host Mayor Bloomberg said of his girls, Emma and Georgina: “I have two daughters and they should be in charge of their own bodies, period.”

The comments prompted the savvy co-chairwoman of the group, Jennifer Blei Stockman, to add, “I know a lot of you have sons and care about this issue too.” Others present included organization leaders Dina Merrill-Hartley, Susan Cullman, Ann Brownell Sloane, and Gail Hilson.

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The Manhattan Institute, the American Conservative Union, the American Spectator, Americans for Tax Reform, and the Heritage Foundation were among the groups who sponsored a lavish bash at Gotham Hall, a for mer bank two blocks north of Herald Square. As Alex Donner crooned classics from the stage, several hundred guests mingled, including the founder and president of the Center for Jewish Values, Jeff Ballabon, and Ambassador Ayalon of Israel. Mary Jo Jacobi, a bigwig at Shell, reunited with Governor Barbour of Mississippi – the two worked together in the Reagan administration. At about 7:30 p.m., the crowd cheered on Radio America’s Michael Reagan and Bush strategist Karl Rove (“We’re right, they’re wrong!” was his refrain).

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For most attendees, it was a party, but for Yale graduate student Gahodery Rodriguez, it was an academic opportunity. Ms. Rodriguez attended the Black America’s Political Action Committee reception Monday afternoon at the W hotel to test her ideas on GOP outreach efforts to African Americans and Hispanics . (Delegate numbers tell a compelling story: There are 167 black delegates this year, up from 85 at the last convention.)

“This event shows there’s a lot of diversity,” she said, after rubbing elbows with Secretary of Education Rod Paige; Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams; and Lord Taylor of Warwick, the only black member of the House of Lords.

It’s the 10th anniversary of Bampac, founded by Alan Keyes, the conservative tapped to run for the senate in Illinois against rising Democratic star Barack Obama.