Staff members from the Lehigh Acres Gazette are attending the Republican National Convention today, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012.
In Tampa this week, 2,286 delegates and 2,125 alternate delegates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories gather to nominate their party’s choice for the next president of the United States at the 40th Republican National Convention.
The presumed presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, flies to Tampa today to join fellow Republicans seeking to put their shortened convention back on track and prevent his message from being drowned out by a tropical storm churning toward the Gulf Coast.
Getting down to the first full day of business after Tropical Storm Isaac upended the convention schedule, delegates will formally affirm Romney as the party’s nominee in an evening capped by prime time speeches by Romney’s wife, Ann, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
Romney, who had originally planned to arrive in Tampa on Thursday to accept his party’s nomination, decided to fly in on Tuesday to be on hand for his wife’s appearance on the podium
Check back with the Gazette to read reports from the convention floor as Florida’s delegates react to this momentous political event.
So glad you were able to attend this most important convention.
And by the way, Lee Ratner, Gerald H. Gould and Harry C. Powell, Jr. “BUILT IT”. They built Lehigh Acres. They laid the foundation. “We the People” are in charge of making our corner of the world a great place in which to live. It’s called stewardship. Lehigh Acres was not built by the government. You can see our current administration at work by looking at the Methodist Church bread line, Lehigh Community Services, vendors at the local Flea Market, and foreclosures. It is time for us to take a stand and elect Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as the next President and Vice President of the United States. Condelisa Rice speaks tonight and others. If you missed last night, watch reruns. Do yourself a favor and go see the movie 2016 and get scared if we don’t elect a new President, Mitt Romney. Amazing Grace is needed now more than ever. God Bless America by saving our great Nation (under God).