Senator Cornyn (R-TX) speaks on the evacuation process for Hurricane Gustav and the nomination of Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate.

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Today at Mears Park in Saint Paul the Swift Students For Truthiness gathered to advocate their standpoint on contemporary politics.
The peaceful, non-partisan organization, mainly comprised of students from Wisconsin and the Will Mitchell University in Michigan, stood promoting their progressive views on education, taxation, war and other similar issues.
Thomas Fraint, one of the organizers, said “I think one of the biggest reasons I’m out here is because we have been hurting for the past eight years and I don’t think [McCain] really realizes it.”
He detailed one of the group’s liberal views when he spoke of universal health care: “from a moral standpoint, every American deserves health care; but from an economic standpoint we spend more money than any other country, yet we are ranked right above Cuba, so maybe it’s about time we should steal someone else’s good idea.”
When asked why the group is non-partisan as opposed to Democrat (since the Swift Students For Truthiness clearly share the Democratic point of view), he replied: “if I was out here with an Obama sign wearing blue, people’s minds would then close.”

Senator John McCain (R – AZ) campaign manager Rick Davis held a conference call Monday morning to discuss the schedule for the week and fundraising. An information center has been established in the Xcel Energy Center for delegates and participants to monitor the weather in the southern states.
Campaign manager Rick Davis said Laura Bush will introduce a video and Cindy McCain will address the delegates following todays official events. The speech will be mostly non-political and will ask for hurricane relief.
The McCain campaign, in conjunction with Target and FedEx, is also creating 80,000 “comfort packages” that will go to the regions impacted by Hurricane Gustav. The packages will be assembled at the convention site beginning Wednesday morning. Volunteers interested in helping to pack the contents of the packages will be accepted then.
McCain’s campaign has begun a fundraising effort together with five governors from the affected region. They will identify charitabble organizations able to assist those impacted by the hurricane. In addition to working with those at the convention to raise money, the campaign has also set up a phone bank at the Minneapolis Hilton manned by a team of volunteers. These efforts will concentrate on reaching out to McCain’s previous donors.

What does John McCain do now? From the floor of the RNC, Jack Rice analyzes the impact of Hurricane Gustav and the politics of natural disasters.

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With Hurricane Gustav landing in Lousianna, the Republican National Committee Convention has been significantly truncated. Dan Patterson reports for Talk Radio News.

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