The Show Finally Begins

After a day long pause in action for both the convention and media outlets due to Hurricane Gustav, the coverage here came into full swing last night. Network correspondents and producers were showing up left and right yesterday afternoon to prepare for the primetime coverage of speeches by President Bush, Fred Thompson, and Joe Lieberman. If you were watching, ABC's coverage, and a lot of other media attention, was focused not solely on the speakers but on Sarah Palin. The story developing out of St. Paul yesterday was that she will have this one main audition tonight to show America who she really is.

Although the speeches ran a bit long for my taste, the day was not without action and excitement. Protestors were once again unruly outside the Excel Center. Concussion bombs and other sounds of rioting could be heard from the ABC workspace in the parking lot. It's becoming apparent that the once seemingly excessive and inconvenient security measures that have been put in place here are really most justified and of the utmost importance. Being greeted every morning by police in riot gear and dogs searching my car doesn't seem like such an outrageous idea as the days wear on. It's obvious from being here that events like this bring out the craziest and most radical people.

Hopefully I will continue to run into big names not only from ABC, but people like Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper of CNN, and, my favorite of yesterday, former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jared Allen. From the convention,

Tyler Boggess