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Published September 04, 2008 12:45 pm - Kentucky delegates to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., are enthusiastic about John McCain’s vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, and Secretary of State Trey Grayson is getting attention from delegates and media outside of Kentucky.
Kentucky delegates enjoy St. Paul
By RONNIE ELLIS
CNHI News Service
FRANKFORT
—
Kentucky delegates to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., are enthusiastic about John McCain’s vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, and Secretary of State Trey Grayson is getting attention from delegates and media outside of Kentucky.
“It’s amazing the enthusiasm out here,” said Laura Owens, former education secretary under Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher. “It just grows every day.”
After a first day when most activities were suspended because of concerns about Hurricane Gustav in the Gulf Coast, the convention got back on track Tuesday and Wednesday, although some scheduled speakers, including Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, were bumped from their appointed speaking slots.
Tuesday night, the crowd heard from former presidential candidate and television actor on “Law and Order,” Fred Thompson, and Joe Lieberman, an independent Democrat from Connecticut who is close to McCain.
Grayson said a lot of delegates liked Lieberman’s speech, but Owens, who spoke by phone while on her way to volunteer stuffing relief packages for victims of the hurricane, said Thompson’s speech was the more exciting.
“My gracious, if Fred Thompson could have been turned on that way when he was running, he might’ve won,” Owens said.
Both Grayson and Owens said convention delegates are excited and enthused about Palin, the Alaska governor who was McCain’s surprise pick for vice president.
“You just can’t imagine the excitement about (Wednesday) night,” said Owens, anticipating Palin’s nationally televised acceptance speech. She said she isn’t concerned that Palin might turn out to be too controversial a pick, saying she’d seen polls indicating Palin has a 52 percent favorable rating.
The Kentucky delegation has a front row seat, just to the right of the podium and delegates are getting a lot of face time on national television in roaming television shots during speeches. Both Owens and Grayson said they’d received calls from home about being seen on network television. Mike Duncan of Inez is chairman of the Republican National Committee and chairs the convention, giving Kentucky more clout than usual.
Owens said her daughter, Elizabeth, “called to tell me she hadn’t seen me, but her history teacher saw me on television and mentioned it in class, so she thought that was pretty cool.”
Grayson’s getting another kind of exposure. The RNC has asked him “to do a lot of media availability with the national media.”
He conceded such exposure might benefit him in future races.
During a conference call Wednesday with Kentucky reporters, Grayson was asked if he’s laying the groundwork at the convention for a future race.
“I’m networking and a lot of people are giving me their business cards,” Grayson said. “I’m finding some people who have heard of me and that’s flattering, but no, I’m not working on a future race.”
Grayson said Wednesday night would be the “Sarah Palin show.” He said he’s not concerned about her lack of time in high office or revelations about her family.
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