State Convention - Friday

10:59am - Alan Fine is speaking. He mentioned he was seven months old when the last Republicans last held CD-5. He recalled back to his Jewish faith and the Red Sea parting only when they stepped into the sea. You had

CD-5 candidate Alan Fine and myself.

11:25am - Ramstad is speaking with authority and is energizing the delegates right now. His points on Iraq and the Immigration issue really are hitting the mark within the delegation. He specifically called out Sen. Harry Reid's claim that making English the official language is racist. He presented the idea of "retiring" Entenza and Hatch at the same time. That went over very well.

Congressman Ramstad (CD-3) and myself.

2:09pm - Senator Coleman is now speaking. The largest standing ovation yet at the convention came after the Senator suggested it is time for Kofi Anan should resign. OK, now the second biggest came when he suggested we American tax payers should not give $3 billion to the U.N. if they cannot clean up their act. 3:28pm - Tim Pawlenty is speaking and he started with a good joke about a DFL barber. Address the property tax increases. He pointed out that many of the property tax increases are going up more the the LGA went down. He says we need to stop "sanctuary laws" such as the one that was proposeded in Richfield. He also acknowledged that his administration has done some things that "we" the delegates do not agree with, but he said we are working hard. 4:02pm - Governor Tim Pawlenty was just endorsed, balloons dropped and we are now back to resolutions.