No Runny Eggs

Sorry I don’t have video, but the county signs are in the way.

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Since this portion promises to be quick-hitting, I’ll fire up the CoverItLive….

Because I burned much of the last hour catching up on the speakers to the convention-goers, I have but a half-hour before things start back up. Good thing there’s an Arby’s on the same property.

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Of note, Rep. Sensenbrenner hit Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch rather hard on the budget repair bill.

This is actually the second speech from the convention chair; I missed the first. Greg Bump didn’t.

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Time to burn the lunch hour catching up; once we got toward the end, I could not offload the audio fast enough…

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Because of all the potholes in Wisconsin and his continued raids on the transportation fund meant to fix those potholes, National Committeewoman Mary Buestrin is now calling the governor Pothole Doyle.

I like it.

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Revisions/extensions (8:52 pm 5/20/2008) - I apologize to those expecting video here. I did not know how long speeches would last, or whether I’d be able to offload the speeches from my camera in time in between speeches, so I simply took a couple pictures while my digital voice recorder caught the audio.

From last night…

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I’m a bit late because I had to head back to the bunker overnight, but I’m back in town. Owen had me covered though. Troy Fullerton is also in the room.

I missed out on the row with the power strip, so I’ll have to be brief with my updates. A brief word on the suites last night, Scott Walker’s Milwaukee-themed suite was the best-decorated, while Paul Ryan’s/John Gard’s suite won for best food (stuffed mushrooms and tasty meatballs).

The promised Gard speech will be up shortly.

I’ll have the John Gard speech audio up tomorrow; it takes too long to pull the audio off the recorder, and the hospitality suites (followed by a long drive home; I have a couple things to take care of back at the bunker) are calling.

RPW chair Reince Priebus speaks to the county chairs 5/16/2008

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Click the pic of the van to head to the collection. I’ll be updating it between today and tomorrow, so do keep on checking back.

The only bloggers actually blogging (besides me) are the WisPolitics team of Andy Szal, Greg Bump and JR Ross. Still, the blogosphere is pretty well represented in the delegates:

- Jo Egelhoff of Fox Politics, who’s running for the 57th Assembly seat.
- Kathy Carpenter of Stepping Right Up.
- Brandon Henak of GOP3.

I’m terrible with names and faces, and I doubt I’ve seen everybody.

I know Gov. Doyle signed it already with some veto messages, but I figured I may as well grab both sides of the Republican divide on the budget repair bill. Rep. Robin Vos voted for it, while Rep. Bill Kramer voted against.

- Interview with Rep. Vos

- Interview with Rep. Kramer

Any pros care to give me pointers? :-)

- WisPolitics is here, and they saw fit to link to me. Robin Vos thought he saw Owen pull up while we had lunch.
- The tables for all the side groups are starting to fill up. Of course, Americans for Prosperity is here. The College Republicans are right next to them. There’s a table selling “Thank President Bush” items.
- The first interviews were with Reps. Robin Vos and Bill Kramer on the budget repair bill. Audio should be up once I finish uploading and converting it to mp3.

The good and bad so far…

Good - Despite a significant deputy/trooper presence, I made it in just over 2 hours.
Bad - I didn’t get in until after 1.
Good - The media credentials were ready, and the wireless is working.
Bad - The media room isn’t ready yet.
Good - We’ll have official availability of both Tim Pawlenty and Mike Duncan.

Since I’m drawing off the battery right now, that’s about it. Time to wander the halls and see who’s around.

Revisions/extensions/bump from the original post date/time of 5/12/2008 at 8:51 pm (10:37 pm 5/14/2008) - I’m still looking for a few more good questions for the RPW convention.

A couple of housekeeping items:

- Since I will have my credentials waiting for me in Stevens Point, I’m now taking suggestions of what to ask various political types at the RPW convention.

- That poll on the left side asking whether I should try for the national convention will be closing closed at 6:30 pm Tuesday night. The window to apply for the national convention credentials will close on Thursday. I decided to put in.