McCain, Haley Among First Announced for GOP Confab.

[elleng]

A trio of female firsts and three former GOP presidential contenders are among the first speakers disclosed for August's Republican National Convention. . .

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, the first female governors of their states, are among party leaders slated to address the gathering that begins Aug. 27. Martinez has the additional distinction of being the first female Hispanic governor in the country.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the first black female to hold that job, is also scheduled to speak.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona was set to speak, as well as a one-time rival, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. The two, along with Romney, vied for the 2008 presidential nomination, with McCain outlasting both Romney and the former Baptist pastor in the primary campaign.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who briefly ran for the GOP nomination in 2000, also was set to speak at the convention, as was Florida Gov. Rick Scott, whose state is host to the event. Both are tea party favorites and are set to speak to fiscal issues many Republicans hold dear.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/08/05/us/politics/ap-us-republican-convention.html?hp

[beac]

1. "Confab"? More like

"Conflagration". But isn't it nice that War Criminal Condi is getting out and about more?

[dballance]

2. What a terrible disservice these women do to other women...

by speaking for and supporting the GOP and supporting the GOP's war on women's rights. I can't understand how they and people like Jan Brewer crap on other women on a regular basis.