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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Tonight's GOP theme: Reform
It's a little after 2 p.m.  Do you know what your Republican National Convention is doing?

Taking a cue from presumptive nominee John McCain, the Republican convention qualifies for maverick status, only putting out its theme and schedule a few hours before starting.

Having lost the first day to Hurricane Gustav, the convention only released the schedule of tonight's activities at 2:02. Tonight's theme? Reform. Dress accordingly.

Here's the schedule, but remember times here on the east coast are an hour later.

   

2008 Republican National Convention Announces Program for Wednesday
Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and Vice Presidential
Nominee Sarah Palin Among Featured Speakers

SAINT PAUL, Minn. - The 2008 Republican National Convention today announced the full program of events for Wednesday, Sept. 3. The evening’s program will feature remarks by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican Party’s nominee for vice president. Among the other speakers participating in this evening’s program are former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. The speakers’ remarks will reflect the convention’s overall theme, "Country First," and the theme for Wednesday’s events, which is "reform."

Participants are organized by hour of participation:

6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Call to Order, Introduction of Colors: U.S. Sen. Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.)
  • Presentation of Colors: Law Enforcement Memorial Association (Minn.)
  • Pledge of Allegiance: Sharon Clahchischilliage and Mary Leavitt
  • Singing of "America the Beautiful": John Shillington and Ruby Brown
  • Invocation: Father Edward Reese
  • Speaker: U.S. Sen. Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.)
  • Video: "Country First: Prosperity," with narration by Robert Duvall
  • Speaker: Anne Beiler
  • Speaker: U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (Minn.)
  • Speaker: Renee Amoore
  • Speaker: State Sen. Abel Maldonado (Calif.)
  • Speaker: Carolyn Dunn
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Speaker: Dr. Elena Rios
  • Speaker: Ruth Novodor
  • Speaker: Christy Swanson
  • Speaker: Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams
  • Speaker: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuno
  • Speaker: Meg Whitman, former President and CEO of EBay
  • Video: Sen. McCain’s Economic Reform Package
  • Speaker: Carly Fiorina, former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
  • Prayer: Bishop Thomas Wenski
8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Speaker: GOPAC Chairman Michael Steele
  • Speaker: Former Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.)
  • Speaker: Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (Ark.)
  • Musical Performance: John Rich, Gretchen Wilson, and Cowboy Troy
9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Speaker: Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (N.Y.)
  • Speaker: Gov. Linda Lingle (Hawaii)
  • Video: Sarah Palin
  • Speaker: Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin
10 p.m. to Conclusion
  • Procedural Activities Required for Nomination of the Presidential Candidate: U.S. House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio)
  • Roll Call: Sec. Jean Inman, Assist. Sec. Connie Nicholas, and Assist. Sec. Rosie Tripp
  • Benediction: Rev. Eva Rodriguez
  • Adjournment: U.S. House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio)
About the Republican National Convention
The 2008 Republican National Convention will be held at Saint Paul's Xcel Energy Center from Sept. 1-4, 2008. Approximately 45,000 delegates, alternate delegates, volunteers, members of the media and other guests are expected to attend the convention. Minneapolis-Saint Paul is expected to receive an estimated $150-$160 million positive economic boost from the four-day event. For more information about the 2008 Republican National Convention, please visit our website at www.GOPConvention2008.com and join our social network sites on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

 
Posted by Karen Heller @ 2:12 PM  Permalink | 6 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:52 PM, 09/03/2008
    Reforming themselves into what? The same old group of old white men who, for the first time in their miserable history, are willing to let a beauty queen do what exactly? Reform would have to include issues of civil rights, equality, and social justice. Like THAT'S going to happen.
    — voiceofreason
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:07 PM, 09/03/2008
    Someone can copy and paste.
    — jeffreyg61


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About Karen Heller
This week Karen Heller is live-blogging the Republican convention in true blogger style - at home, surfing the Web and watching TV. She's covered five other conventions. Three were Republican, two were Democratic. Read all of Populist here.

Karen Heller has interviewed Philip Roth and Zsa Zsa Gabor, spent time with Pink and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the celebrated and the exemplary unsung. She's covered Miss America and political conventions. She's been a provocative voice at The Inquirer for nearly 20 years, garnering awards for criticism, feature writing and investigative reporting, and was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in commentary.

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