Saturday, May 30, 2009

Jeffersoniad-RPV New Media hospitality suite

The New Media Hospitality suite was hopping when I left at 11:30 Friday night. Bloggers, convention goers, friends, the curious dropped by to visit ... and the noise level built up as well as the temperature. With a hot day in Richmond, air conditioning was at capacity everywhere with all the people.

This weekend has offered a wonderful opportunity to meet other bloggers, ones I knew by name but now I have a face to put with it. Photos will follow on that. In the suite tonight we saw Vince Harris, Jim Hoeft, Shaun Kenney, Jason Kenney, Jim Bowden, Krystle Weeks, Jay Hughes, Scott Hirons, Phil Lynch, Keith Drake, Tom Whitmore, Steve Albertson, Cortland Putbrese, Barb Tillett, Josh of Virginia Conservative, Andrew Vehorn, Ben Tribbet, Cargosquid of United Conservatives of Virginia, and I'm sure I'm forgetting others. The place was packed! Earlier in the day I saw Cathy Dickson formerly of UCV who said she will soon have another blog up and going. She was passing out buttons to the bloggers that said, "I am so blogging this."

Over in the Coliseum, Bloggers Row was absolutely awesome. With 30+ bloggers expected on Saturday, the tables are to the left of the stage with a fantastic view of the stage and all the coliseum. It is about six feet above the floor level so offers better viewing. Photos will be later.

The RPV Gala was packed with 1,200 people -- an unbelievable event that was sold out weeks ago. Mitt Romney was the guest speaker but there were others ... will blog photos later.

Tomorrow there should be thousands of delegates in Richmond to participate in voting for our Lt. Governor, AG, and Party Chairman ... and to confirm Bob McDonnell for governor. Should be an action-packed day. I have time for about five hours sleep before heading back to the Coliseum....

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