Wednesday was a very busy day for the Connecticut delegation. We started our day with a trip to the Mall of America, known as the largest mall in the world. It was interesting to see so many stores all in one place, but other than buying $5 toy elephants for my kids, I did not buy anything. Sorry, Minnesota, I need to save my money for spending back in Connecticut!By mid-afternoon, we were on our way to the convention hall, stopping for an early dinner at a local Italian restaurant. U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao addressed the delegation on a number of issues related to upcoming changes in labor law. Her visit with the delegation was thanks to Barbara Franklin.
We forget that Connecticut's own Barbara Franklin was the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the Bush 41 presidency. Barbara and her husband, Wally Barnes, are part of the Connecticut delegation and very nice people.
Wednesday night's convention line-up brought on stage former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle. They all gave speeches that built up to the nomination and acceptance speech of Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, as the vice presidential nominee. There was certainly a lot of energy in the room last night!
Very tired, our delegation returned to our hotel around midnight, but got up early this morning, because our breakfast speaker was U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. Former Congressman Larry Denardis, who all those years ago (1980) beat Lieberman in his run for Congress, had asked Lieberman last night if he would come to address the Connecticut delegation, and he graciously accepted.
We will head back to the convention hall mid-afternoon for the final session and the nomination and acceptance speech of John McCain.
That's all for now...
Wednesday night's convention line-up brought on stage former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle. They all gave speeches that built up to the nomination and acceptance speech of Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, as the vice presidential nominee. There was certainly a lot of energy in the room last night!
Very tired, our delegation returned to our hotel around midnight, but got up early this morning, because our breakfast speaker was U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. Former Congressman Larry Denardis, who all those years ago (1980) beat Lieberman in his run for Congress, had asked Lieberman last night if he would come to address the Connecticut delegation, and he graciously accepted.
We will head back to the convention hall mid-afternoon for the final session and the nomination and acceptance speech of John McCain.
That's all for now...
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