A retrospective look into the Bush years.
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Time for the Floor (9/2)
In Convention, Inside The Xcel on 2 September, 2008 at 3:31 pm12:00–Home here I come.
10:47–I have the pictures in my possession, and will post them later tonight or tomorrow morning. The Xcel is mostly empty now. Most are eagerly awaiting tomorrow and the arrival of McCain.
9:51–I am off the floor for now, and can reflect on the prominent speakers of the night. The two most well received speakers of the night were obviously President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. This was thanks in large part to the enormous delegation from Texas. Norm Coleman and Michelle Bachman were also local favorites. Fred Thompson conveyed very passionate (for Fred Thompson) support for Sen. John McCain. Overall a very successful, but not overdone, night for the Republican platform. Still, it is going to be very difficult to upstage Sen. Barack Obama’s convention.
9:49–Pictures will come as soon as I manage to get the proper connections and hardware in place. This should be at any moment.
9:46–The protesters are back at it. No story quite yet but the photographers tipped us off to a group collecting to the north of the Xcel. We were also advised not to leave the convention yet, because the situation was not under control. On a lighter note, I bro-hugged Sway from MTV, got a polite “Hello” from Cindy McCain and managed to rub shoulders with Wolf Blitzer, a majority of the Fox News team, Minnesota Vikings owner Ziggy Wilf and Vikings defensive lineman Jared Allen. It was quite the night on the convention floor.
9:36–It has been a crazy night so far. One of the tasks tonight was to collect unusual, colorful and otherwise unique delegates from the convention floor for a simple interview. One question was asked: “What qualities do you want in a leader?” While a very simple question, the answers were almost as unique as the collection of delegates we managed to coerce, beg, push, pull and bribe to the AP workspace. Overall we did well, scouring the delegate floor during the night’s activities for interesting personalities or appearances.
4:29–I will be on the floor tonight pulling delegates to have their photos taken by the AP photographers. More information will come as I receive it. Posts may be more spread out tonight depending on how busy I am.
