I flew into Minneapolis on Friday. Emily, Malcolm, Denis, Steve, Kate and I spent Saturday at the Mall of America. It is the the biggest mall in the country, but it has the same crappy stores as every other one. The only difference is the indoor theme park in the middle. We rode a couple of the rides and Dennis screamed like a baby the entire time. Emily was laughing so hard that she was crying (on the roller coaster).

Sunday we spent most of the day setting up at the RNC. That night we went to the Minnesota State Fair. It was amazing! They must have had every game, ride and fair food ever made. All of the food was either fried, on a stick or both. We tried the peanuts and chocolate on a stick, pork chops on a stick, enormous hotdogs, cotton candy, fried cheese curds, french fries, mini-doughnuts and fried cheesecake. Malcolm, Steve, Denis and I played all of the throwing and shooting games, but didn't win anything.

Yesterday was the first day of the RNC. The convention was cut short by the hurricane, but all of our clients went ahead with thier events. It was another long and busy day. It is a bit easier than the DNC though, because everything is in one building. We don't have to walk far to get anywhere and don't need seperate credentials to get into the convention events. I was pulled out of our morning shoot to interview Laura Bush. I didn't even have time to change microphones, so I had to record into the on camera mic. I rushed upstairs, found her surrounded by press and secret service and put a camera in her face. She mostly talked about Palin and I got some good soundbites. The interview was shown on Politico.com, Yahoo.com, Channel News Asia, and the Newshour online and TV.

So far all of the discussion at this convention has been about McCain's senseless choice of Sarah Palin. No one knows who she is and she still has not made a public appearance since she was announced. When we call the campaign to find out her schedule, no one knows where she is or what she is doing. She is suppose to show up at the Texas delegation dinner tonight, but she probably wont. I am going to head over there in a minute to wait for her.