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In Convention, Inside The Xcel on 5 September, 2008 at 12:19 pm
I am currently sifting through hundreds of pictures for the best collection and will post them as soon as they are all organized. Some might be on their own page, others will have captions and their own post.
Sen. McCain’s speech was the event of the year for this party, and that was obvious. The fire marshall had to start kicking people out and close the floor as there were too many people on the Xcel floor. I happened to be included in that bunch because I was clinging to the very outside of the floor. Fortunately, I did get some video of his entrance, and I will post that soon as well.
I will update the this post with my notes shortly, putting an end to my work as an Associated Press intern at the Republican National Convention.
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In Convention, Inside The Xcel on 3 September, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Today has to be a summary rather than a hour by hour update, mostly because of how busy everything got in the Xcel. Big time speakers took down the house, with serious cheers coming for Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin. While I was not able to be on the floor as much tonight, and no where near it for any of the major speeches, the atmosphere in the Xcel was nothing short of electric for these two Republicans. Each jab Palin took at Sen. Barack Obama got more cheers and excitement from the crowd than the last; Giuliani rocked the house with his views on national security and the threat of terrorism.
An interesting article from the UK Telegraph profiles Palin’s rise to the national spotlight. Europeans seem to have a bit of a Carla Bruni complex with Gov. Palin.
The Boston Herald profiled Rudy Giuliani’s support for the Republican VP choice in his emotional speech delievered before Gov. Palin took the stage.
While most of the action was occurring on the delegate floor, ‘radio row’ was probably a close second. This is the area where radio stations from all over the world set up. It is located in the main RiverCenter lobby. I had a John Voight sighting, and supposedly Robert Downy Jr. was here as well; though, nobody seemed to know where he was.
As a formality, each state got to cast their votes (after a lengthly explination on why their state was the best in the Union) for McCain, this lasting later into the night than ANY AP reporter wanted. The mood in the AP workspace was electric after the Giuliani and Palin speeches; then the time of day set in. Most of these reporters, especially photographers, have been working very taxing hours. This is only getting worse leading into Thursday.
McCain is expected to speak tonight; the content of his speech is probably very much like that of previous speakers. The Republican party has used the convention to go on the offensive on behalf of Palin, who has remained very quiet this last week despite the crushing media attention about her pregnant daughter.
I will add to this as I continue to read through my notes. I will also start linking up major news stories–it will be interesting to analyze just how well Palin came across in the eyes of the media.
The pictures will come once they are sorted and aggregated, possibly on their own page all together. Sorry for the delay, but a few should turn out pretty well even if they were shot from the hip.
