Giuliani to keynote Republican National Convention
Written by Jack Burden on August 20th, 2008Not who I would have chosen. If McCain fills the convention with the same speakers we heard four years ago he will send the message that this is still the same Republican party.
There needs to be a major address from someone like Bobby Jindal or Jeff Flake to present a newer, younger, more reform-oriented GOP.
UPDATE: Jindal will be giving a primetime speech on Tuesday. Solid choice. I’d still love to have Jeff Flake in there somewhere.
FURTHER UPDATE: Chuck Todd has an even more complete list of the speakers:
Full list/schedule (Central Time) below:
Overall Theme: Country First
Mon — Service Day
– Split sessions 2:30-6 (this is where the rules, platform etc.. will get voted on, including a new primary calendar etc.) … start again at 7
– Speakers: before prime-time (pre-9pm): Cheney, Lieberman; Primetime: Arnold, Laura Bush, George W. BushTues — Reform Day
– starts 6:30-7
– Speakers: Ridge, Rosario Marin, Thompson, Lingle, Steele; Primetime (9pm central): Palin, Huckabee, the keynoter is Rudy Giuliani.Wed — Prosperity Day
– starts 6:30
– Speakers pre-prime time: Coleman, Meg Whitman, Fiorina, Romney. Prime time: Cindy McCain leads off, followed by the VP nominee; they will close prime time hour with the McCain nominator: Bobby Jindal… the roll call will take place about 11pm ET… they will roll through.. AZ will pass… AZ will put him over the top… hope to keep within an hour… could go as long as 90 minutes…Thurs –
– Starts 6:30
– Speakers: Pawlenty, Crist, Brownback, Martinez… In prime time: video of McCain, traditional lead-in to the speech… traditional demonstration… whole prime-time hour, packaged together as McCain’s speech.
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Grand “OLD” Party
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Does this mean that none of the currently listed speakers will be the VP pick, or will they simply be shifted to the “VP nominee” slot? (Pawlenty, Romney, etc..)
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I think its actually a pretty good cross section of the party. There are some younger, up and coming party members then there is some of the more well known members of the party.
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Gingrich should be keynoting Reform Day, not Guiliani. It is absurd that Newt is not in any speaking slot.
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“There needs to be a major address from someone like Bobby Jindal or Jeff Flake to present a newer, younger, more reform-oriented GOP.”
Ahem. And Sarah Palin. Gov. Palin needs to speak too. She and Jindal are the best voices for youth/reform.