Osler's Razor

IPLawGuy sent me the following dispatch from the Republican Convention in St. Paul:

As the news has reported, Hurricane Gustav appears to have been elected a superdelegate to the Republican National Convention. The event is being restructured as we speak. No speeches or appearances by President Bush or VP Cheney and many other events cancelled, including one I had really looked forward to: a discussion of the Supreme Court featuring eminent Conservative lawyer Ted Olsen and eminent Liberal Prof. Lawrence Tribe.

At this rate, its quite likely we won't see McCain or Palin in person at all -- they'll be in New Orleans or nearby to help with the clean up.

Good politics, but its too bad for people who have worked hard to get here and hoped to be part of exciting live event. The immediacy of a live speech is something that cannot be replaced. Not unlike a sporting event live, as opposed to on TV

These conventions are really just big networking events anymore, but volunteer political troops like to feel like they can reach out and touche the candidates.

Iplawwife, Iplawkid and Iplawbaby and I did meet fellow Razor Blogger SIR at the opening party tonight. She had stories about Prof. Osler and his hair.

Earlier today, the Iplawfamily, including Iplawuncle went to the Minnesota State Fair. We saw Minnesota's largest Boar and tried much junk food, including a pork chop on a stick.

I looked for Al Franken, but just saw his signs. Tonight at the RNC opening party, we saw Norm Coleman, who does have an odd looking head, quite frankly.

Our big celebrity sighting happened at the Virginia Delegation party.. Pat Boone was there, looking resplendent in white bucks.