RNC 2008

RNC Day Five Report

From Contributing Editor Kevin Holst:
Sen. John Thune (SD) joined the Colorado delegation breakfast. His speech began with a summary of his campaign against former Sen. Tom Daschle in 2004. Amazingly, approximately $40M was spent on the race for the 400,000 votes cast. He joked that we should have just bought everyone a car. In closing, [...]

RNC Day Four Report

From Contributing Editor Kevin Holst:
The Colorado delegation breakfast included Karl Rove and Ken Khachigian.  Their presence was an exciting way to start the day.  Unbeknownst to many in the room, Mr. Rove was born in Colorado and has deep Colorado roots.  He noted Sen. Joe Lieberman’s comment regarding Sen. McCain’s ability to work across party [...]

RNC Day Three Report

From Contributing Editor Kevin Holst:
The morning began with a bus ride to Brit’s Pub for the Western Delegate breakfast sponsored by AT&T.  The delegates from Colorado and Idaho were told there would be a surprise speaker.  Little did we know that it would be the First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush.  As we [...]

RNC Day Two Report

From Contributing Editor Kevin Holst:
Happy Labor Day.
The morning started with the Colorado delegation breakfast.  The first speaker was Congresswoman Heather Wilson (NM).    She commented on the how the delegates are raising money and how some parties have transformed into fundraisers.   She complimented Sen. McCain, Gov. Bobby Jindal (LA) and Haley Barbour (MS) for their handling [...]

RNC Day One Report

From Contributing Editor Kevin Holst:
After taking a 6:30 a.m. flight from Denver, I arrived at the MPLS/St. Paul Airport which appeared rather quiet this AM and nearly a RNC volunteer can be seen.  Based on reports (half joking of course) from the DNC in Denver, there were more volunteers than delegates at DIA.  No such [...]