What if you gave a convention and nobody came?

[tannybogus]

Governor Schwarzenegger May Turn Down Convention Invite

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCBS) -- Governor Schwarzenegger and three other high-profile Californians were chosen today to address the Republican National Convention in St. Paul next month; however, the governor may have to decline his invitation if state lawmakers are unable to pass a budget.
Schwarzenegger, who has been selected to speak on the opening night of the Republican convention, is scheduled to speak the same night as Senator Joe Lieberman, a former Democrat who has now turned into a fierce McCain supporter, along with Vice President Cheney and President Bush.

While it may seem like the speaking engagement of a lifetime, Schwarzenegger may have to blow off the convention entirely. The governor tells KCBS that if the state budget isn't settled by then, he will not attend the convention at all. He says he is focused completely on budget negotiations and can't even think about giving a speech in Minnesota two weeks from now.

http://www.kcbs.com/Gov--May-Have-to-Skip-Convention/2822091

They're running like rats off a sinking ship! :popcorn:

[Chloroplast]

1. Are ANY Republican politicians going to their convention?

We can expect Graham and Lieberman to be there but the rest are running scared.

[marylanddem]

2. He ain't going. The place will be reeking - would you go

anywhere near it if you had half a brain?

[Wapsie B]

3. I'd almost bet that come time for McCain's acceptance speech

the gop will bus in enough people to make the crowd bigger. And with the right camera angles on TV I'm sure they can make it look like he's got a packed house.