Hurricanes and Campaigns

The GOP Convention in Tampa was shortened to three days due to Tropical Storm Isaac. The decision was made two days ago when it looked like the storm would pass off shore near Tampa. Now, Isaac is heading much further west. New Orleans looks more in danger than the west coast of Florida. In other words, there was no need for the change in the convention. Still, the goal of the RNC in making the change was safety of the delegates and releasing the various police and other personnel to deal with the storm rather than with the convention. They made the right call.

It is rather funny that the next hurricane issue to arise is also about Isaac. The storm will come ashore, most likely in Louisiana, on Tuesday. The press is now asking if the GOP will cancel the Tuesday session of the convention. Remembe that four years ago in St. Paul, the McCain convention was cancelled on Monday because a storm was coming ashore in the Gulf. The convention was over 1000 miles away from the storm track, but the geniuses of the McCain campaign decided that after Katrina it would look bad to hold the convention while the storm was hitting. It was the first and only time that a convention was ever postponed or cancelled due to weather somewhere else. But now the main stream media is all over the place wondering if the GOP will follow suit this year. I certainly hope that the convention goes on, and it seems that it will. No one would be offended if the convention proceeds while the hurricane hits Louisiana. The actions by the McCain group four years ago were silly. The business of America does not stop just because a storm hits one area.