In a cab now headed back to Minneapolis...thanks for reading... read my regular blog @ hcrp.blogspot.com & get involved to help us win!!!

St. Paul is a great city..in fact, the Twin Cities have been great...we all agreed that the city made us feel very welcome & did great.

Just got out of the xcel center...gotta beat the crowds...convention a great experience...

Balloons & confetti coming with lots more to go...place is ROCKING RIGHT NOW....The close of that speech was great...

Helluva finish...crowd rockin to "raising mccainsong"...

We can elect a true American hero or an empty suit & a cute speech....i hope the voters see it...

The ending of this speech is remarkable..you can hear a pin drop as Sen. McCain talks of his service...incredible...

Sen Mccain got better as the speech went on...im looking up @ the balloons....

This is a good speech designed to let America see who is ready to be President...there can be bo doubt now...

Cindy mccain & Gov Palin just left their seats & are headed under the seats & around to obviously join Sen McCain...that happened right by us...

I'll admit to thinking McCain was in a bad spot on his Iraq stance last year...he was RIGHT...no objective observer can say it isn't true....

Wondering how the idiot protesters ever got in here...and wondering how this looks on TV...McCain handling it with grace...

There is a network tv cameraman right by me who has a personal camera & is taking pics of his own...interesting...

Wondering how that green screen looks behind him....McCain can't get started b/c of chants of USA...

McCain out...its very cool...hate to admit it in writing...but goosebumps...

The video is quite moving...McCain is what a President should be...

Roberta McCain is unbelievable...

There is a nice video playing on the big board here...

Podium gone again!! no podium...

I was wrong...there is a podium & teleprompter...but different than everyone else's...music playing Kool & Gang "celebration"...place ready!!!

They just did a set change on the fly for Sen McCain. It would appear the Senator will be "flying w/o a net"...interesting....

Ann Curry from the Today Show is about 20 feet from me now...the Today Show about the only part of NBC News that is worth watching...

These things are so interesting...i'm about 50 feet from Henry Kissinger now...and the media types just wander about...

This man told us that our convention was better organized & smoother...any doubt Republicans are better at running things? Not me.

had an interesting chat w/ a guy who professionally runs conventions...he was @ DNC last week in Denver...(more in next post)

I had my first protester annoy me today...a loudmouth punk with a megaphone thing right as we walked in...hard not to physically strike them

Cindy McCain is a great public speaker in her own right...

The stage is all re-worked...no podium...interesting...

She just came onto the stage escorted by her kids...all of them...pretty powerful....she's getting a standing O

Video now about Cindy McCain...she is a neat person....a pilot, loves race cars...

Just arrived into the convention hall & walking to my seat...

Pictures

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I will resume mobile blogging on this site tonight from the Convention floor.

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I am curious to hear how she came off on TV...she was GREAT in person...

The teleprompter just had the word nuclear spelled "new-clear"...funny...that practice didn't work for Pres Bush...funny

She put the alaska jet on e-bay...i didn't know that!

I'm still standing on the floor & inching ever closer...i'm next to Michigan sign...

This place all pointed @ the NBC news/MSNBC booth that is safely tucked away next to al-jazeera & shouted "shame on you"...how right she is...

She is a HUGE hit with this crowd...her zinger's on Obama are classic...

The unscripted joke shows she is READY for prime time...

Where we are, we can see the teleprompter...the "hockey mom/pitbull" joke was UNSCRIPTED & NOT in her prepared remarks...

I think the speech is measured, professional, & warm...she is a poised person...

This is the single best political event I have ever done....ever...place is so noisy...feels historic...

Here she is.....SO LOUD ITS DEAFENING....

This place will be rockin' for Gov Palin...energy just incredible...

What can't be seen on TV is the incredible digital board behind Rudy & all the convention speakers...

Close enuff to stage now to really see stage very well...very exciting & fun...glad I waded onto floor...lucky that I could get down here..

NBC news is convniently placed to the LEFT of al-jazeera...HONEST...

Standing now near Texas spot on floor...standing nxt to Cincinnati's Bill Hemmer...about 50 feet from Rudy...

Decided to wade onto the floor..

Ok...i changed my mind...wading down into floor just for Palin...

Gov Palin's family,including several of her children just took seats in the special dais for family/dignitaries...

More sightings: former Sen. & former McCain adviser Phil Gramm...Gov Pawlenty is here

Chip Gerhardt & Brent Sanders decided to stay on the floor...not me...too crowded & no seats...its nice to be on floor, but overrated...

Last night we walked out with Brian Williams (NBC) & Jon Voight...there is no "secret" entrance...all come & go as we do...

For political junkies, these things are great...so far, i've seen, up close, Dick Morris, Mora Liasson (sp?) from Fox/NPR, Karl Rove...

The floor of the convention is a mass of people & nearly impossible to move...i'm gonna wade in now just to say hello to friends...

Huckabee called Obama's european trip "Barack's excellent adventure"...great line

Tonight, it was mrs. Romney & one of the Romney children...

We are sitting about 20 feet from the special dais where dignitaries sit...yesterday it was Pres. G.W. Bush & Barbara...and Cindy McCain

Mike Huckabee now speaking...he called the choice of Palin "unifying"...i couldn't agree more...huckabee is humorous & self deprecating...

I am sitting next to my friend & former colerain twp trustee Keith Corman...

What u can't see on TV? The party-like atmosphere in the arena between speakers...music gets loud & the Republicans are rockin'...kinda funny

Floor is packed tonight...we were on floor last nite, but not tonight...we are 4 rows back...Ohio is front & cnter

Romney speaking now...he is quite strong...this place is already buzzing & fuller than last nite..countdown & anticipation to Gov. Palin is real.

Just arrived on scene @ xCel Energy Center...let me offer a quick "Hello" to my son Michael who I know is following this blog...

Blog confusion

Because of painful technical problems, I am only able to blog from my mobile phone to this particular blog. My regular Party blog is at: http://hcrp.blogspot.com and I will be mostly posting there unless I am on-site at the convention. Thanks for your patience and to the many that have expressed an interest in what we are doing in Minneapolis.