Yesterday was opening registration for the 2008 Republican National Convention. Republicans from all across the country are gathering to get ready for the upcoming presidential election. Most delegates and guests can be seen wearing John McCain stickers and tee-shirts. “Country First” has become the theme as we prepare for not only our convention business, but also helping and remembering our brethren in the Gulf Coast region. Many delegations are planning on fund raisers and other ways to help our countrymen in the hurricane affected regions.

Most of the Wisconsin delegation had a fairly easy trip to the convention. Starting from Shawano the trip was only about 4 hours to get to the hotel. For our Sunday events we had lunch with the entire delegation and listened to our state leadership from back home. Our Chairman Reince Preibus, Speaker of the Assembly Michael Huebsch, and County Executive Scott Walker all gave inspiring speeches about the future of our Party. Limiting government and lowering taxes is a central theme for many of the speeches. On Sunday evening we went to the Minneapolis Convention Center for the premier of “An American Carol”. The movie tells the story of a anti-American film director who learns to appreciate America. It was entertaining to see the movie while being surrounded by fellow Republicans. Needless to say most of us laughed at the same parts. After the movie most of the delegations had their official pictures taken and walked around the convention center hall.

Monday is the actual start of the business portion of the convention. Most of the floor time has been shortened and moved up because of the hurricane. It will be interesting to see how the delegations react across the country once we begin our votes on the floor…

- Sol Grosskopf

This entry was posted on Monday, September 1st, 2008 at 10:09 am and is filed under News.