Thoughts on the 2009 RPV Convention
Well, I am finally getting around to posting this, albeit a week late.
The 2009 RPV Convention was definitely exciting! Republicans are fired up and rallying to take back VA in November from 8 years of Democrat misguidance. The energy of the convention was amazing.
One disappointing thing for me obviously was that John Brownlee did not receive the nomination for AG. Ken Cuccinnelli bested Brownlee in that fight. I hope that we have not seen the last of Brownlee as he is such a great and inspiring candidate. Even though my guy didn’t win, I will do everything I can to support Ken Cuccinelli in his battle for AG. Republicans must retain control of the AG’s office as it is such an important post in the direction of state government.
While there I met Kilo from Spark it Up of Wise for the first time. The Wise County delegation was seated behind us, in just about as far up as you could go in the Coliseum. While I did not sign-up to participate in the “bloggers row”, RPV sure did provide them with some great seats near the main stage. In hind-sight I wish I would have signed up and joined them because they were right in the middle of all the action.
Sean Hannity grave a great keynote address on Saturday morning. Somebody should convince him to run for office. I was also amazed at the speech that Jim Gilmore gave during the vote counting intermission. I think it was the best speech Jim Gilmore has ever made to date. It was very powerful.
One thing I did not like about the Convention was the lunch. VIP delegates, those who paid the $35 voluntary fee, were promised a “boxed lunch” to be available around Noon. With around 8000 people in the building, it took around 30 minutes for me to even get through the line. By the time I had gotten back to my seat, the candidate speeches were almost done. I think a 1 hour recess for lunch should have been taken so that people could have heard the candidate speeches.
All in all it was a great convention and I am excited for the November elections! I predict the Republicans will sweep all three statewide offices again for the second time in history and build on the majority of seats in the House of Delegates.