And by that I mean the first day of political conventions. Given
all the reports about the record ratings for the Republican convention,
and the bump that
McCain received as a result, it seems as though the Republicans
lost absolutely nothing by canceling the first day of the
convention due to Hurricane Gustav, and if anything, guaranteed a
better, more compressed, schedule for the remainder of the
convention. From now on, the political parties may take a long,
hard, look at convention planning, and consider standardizing the
three-day schedule.