NPR: RNC Still in Holding Pattern

RNC Still in Holding Pattern

As we reported yesterday, the opening day of the Republican Convention will be a bare-bones affair, lasting only about two hours this afternoon instead of the six hours originally scheduled.

Via RNC officials, after this afternoon's administrative business, Laura Bush will introduce a video featuring the (Republican) governors of Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida (no Bobby Jindal from Louisiana -- he's also an R but is spending the day handling the storm) calling for donations to the relief charities. Cindy McCain will speak to delegates after the video. We're told there will be no fanfare, musical transitions, or political videos.

The McCain campaign has not asked delegations and sponsors to cancel any parties that were planned for this week. But they have asked that the events be "appropriate" and have encouraged them to be used as fund-raising efforts for hurricane relief. Organizers are also flying supplies into St. Paul so delegates can assemble "comfort packages" for hurricane victims Wednesday and Thursday.

The campaign has not yet decided how to proceed with the rest of the convention -- we'll hear about their Tuesday plans on a conference call tomorrow morning. But McCain campaign manager Rick Davis says there is "absolutely no anticipation" that John McCain will give his nomination acceptance speech from anywhere other than St. Paul.

-- Evie Stone

2:14 PM ET | 09- 1-2008 | permalink

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I find alot of these comments offense. If any of you were perfect parents with perfect children...hats off to you. I have six daughters. Only one of them was "planned". Birth control has a failure rate and is not the "perfect solution". Abstinence is really the only way to not get pregnant. Ask my Mother who got pregnant with an IUD.

I don't know the Palin's so I can't make any judgements about their family. Growing up around political families, (including the current VP candidate)I can say that people are different than they appear on television. I am voting for someone's policies, not their private life. Frankly, I find it refreshing that there is a candidate that seems to actually care about corruption and out of control spending. Something that the Republican and Democrat party could give a flying leap about. They give us lip service until they are elected and then.... I'm sick of it. I hope Sarah Palin goes in and kicks some Political booty. Throw the bums out. Girl power!

Sent by Delawaregirl | 6:22 PM ET | 09-01-2008

Totally agreed with you in everything you mentioned above Delawaregirl. Go Palin kick some booty.

Sent by Julie | 3:19 PM ET | 09-02-2008

These so called democrats seem to forget about Billy boy Clinton and his playboy antics, but want to sit around and run Palin down because of her daughter. Most of us know that the only time you know what your kids are doing is when you have your eye on them

Sent by Ken Will | 6:42 AM ET | 09-04-2008

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