Convention speakers named: Fred, Palin, Jindal, Romney, Huck, Pawlenty — and Rudy as keynote
posted at 12:40 pm on August 20, 2008 by Allahpundit
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CBS has the list. Rob Portman and Chris Cox aren’t there but everyone who’s everyone else is (including Michael Steele), so unless Maverick goes dark horse for his VP pick this schedule will change to move the nominee to Wednesday night. Rudy is the nominal keynoter — er, why? — but note the spot reserved for Jindal: Wednesday night, after the VP speaks. Has that ever happened before? The VP gets his/her big moment in the sun, and then promptly gets upstaged? Maybe Jindal’s the nominee and the schedulers are just being coy.
Interestingly, neither Romney nor Pawlenty is scheduled to speak in primetime while Rudy and Schwarzennegger are. Why stiff two up-and-comers in the party in favor of two guys going nowhere who already delivered major addresses four years ago?
Update: Ed e-mails to say he has a copy of the schedule and Jindal is slated to speak before the VP, not after. No wonder.
Update: Hold the phone. NBC says Jindal will follow the veep, too, but for the specific purpose of formally placing McCain’s name in nomination. Again, that seems like something that should be done before the VP goes on.
Update (Ed): Want to know who’s not on the list? Governor Mark Sanford. I’m just sayin’ ….
Update: Good catch, but there may be a non-VP explanation for that. Supposedly McCain and Sanford were on the outs for awhile, and Sanford didn’t do him any favors with his notorious CNN appearance last month.
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Very odd.
What I thought was odder was Palin, Huck and Rudy speaking around the same time.
Hmmmm….. weird. I am not going to specualte though.
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 12:43 PM
I wish Arnold Shriver-Schwarzennegger would just go to the Dem side, where he really belongs.
He does more damage than good.
stenwin77 on August 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Agreed, but for California’s sake he is better than Gray Davis.
carbon_footprint on August 20, 2008 at 12:46 PM
When is Lieberman speaking?
EJDolbow on August 20, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Sounds an awful lot like our current nominee.
EJDolbow on August 20, 2008 at 12:47 PM
I’m glad that Palin will be speaking.
terryannonline on August 20, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Oh, I hope not Wednesday night right before Jindal.
stenwin77 on August 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Well, I’ll be watching the Giants throw a beating on the Skins that night, so I’ll miss this scintillating cast.
JammieWearingFool on August 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Allah can he or you post it?
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Oh crap, is he going to pick COLEMAN as his VP??
EJDolbow on August 20, 2008 at 12:50 PM
if you can cross anyone on this list off the VP list, who’s left?
eric cantor
DrW on August 20, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Please don’t jinx it!
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Monday 9/1:
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
Vice President Dick Cheney
Monday primetime (10-11pm Eastern Time)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif.
President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush
Tuesday 9/2:
Fmr. Gov. Tom Ridge, R-Pa.
Former CA Secretary of State Rosario Marin
Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.
Gov. Linda Lingle, R-Hawaii
Fmr. Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, R-Md.
Tuesday primetime (10-11pm Eastern Time)
Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska
Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.
Fmr. Mayor Rudy Giuliani, R-New York City ***KEYNOTER***
Wednesday 9/3:
Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn.
Meg Whitman, Ebay CEO
Carly Fiorina, former HP CEO
Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.
Wednesday primetime (10-11pm Eastern Time)
Cindy McCain
Vice Presidential nominee
Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., will speak after the VP nominee
Thursday 9/4:
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.
Gov. Charlie Crist, R-Fla.
Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas
Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla
EJDolbow on August 20, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Sarah in primetime! Whoo hoo!!!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 20, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Fill this in form me…..
Tuesday lineup: The Chick, The Hick, and ?????
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 20, 2008 at 12:52 PM
So does that mean everyone on this is not in the running for VP anymore???
I’m curious.
terryannonline on August 20, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I’ll tune in for Fred, but I’m stayin’ for Palin.
LimeyGeek on August 20, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Fred!
HebrewToYou on August 20, 2008 at 12:56 PM
I have mixed emotions about watching this convention. I’m looking forward to listening to everyone here with the exception of Huckabee. But at the same time its going to be painful listening to people I have respect for talk up someone I have very little respect for. Kind of like seeing a girl you like with another man. You still like her but the situation makes you a little sick to your stomache. As for Huckabee though, I’ll definitely be changing the channel before I have to look at that smug, crooked tooth slimy smile. How I wish he would just go away.
Zetterson on August 20, 2008 at 12:57 PM
I wouldn’t know….I was always the other man ;-P
LimeyGeek on August 20, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Fred! ‘08 convention = Zell ‘04 convention
I look forward to it.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 20, 2008 at 12:59 PM
As soon as they announce his name for VP.
Zetterson on August 20, 2008 at 1:00 PM
While waiting to purchase my lunch, I was behind a lady who worked in the Democrat campaign office in town. She talked about how furious the office was to hear that Lieberman was going to speak at the GOP convention. If her attitude was any indication, the McCain campaign really got under some Democratic skin with that move.
Well played.
Slublog on August 20, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Hmm. Well, Romney has consistently said he doesn’t expect to be on the ticket this fall. Maybe he won’t be. But banishing him to some afternoon slot? McCain really doesn’t like him, I guess.
Frankly, I’m surprised–if Romney’s not VP, then given McCain’s well known dislike of him, why not just snub him entirely?
Vanceone on August 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Yeah, but all the people who voted Gray Davis out of office and helped elect Arnold Shriver-Schwarzennegger were SELL-OUTS the republican party!/
(Sorry, I had to do it again. My bad – my bad.)
wise_man on August 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Zet, nothing is going to change things. But I agree.. click to another channel after Palin.
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Always?! Damn, you stud Limey.
Zetterson on August 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM
How drunk will I have to be to forget the next 8 years?
LimeyGeek on August 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM
I’d prefer hearing from Mitch McConnell and some of the other standup conservative Senators rather than pathetic jerkoffs like Martinez or Crist..
TexasJew on August 20, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Buy stock in Jose. At least make some money back off the Mexicans right?!?!
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 1:02 PM
everyone listed, which leaves Pawlenty and Romney
jp on August 20, 2008 at 1:03 PM
That’s it. He’s picking Hillary as VP… she’s not on the speaker list !
stenwin77 on August 20, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Amid all of this chatter and noise, and the effective push back against Obama’s ever-changing efforts and hopes to get elected, Reuters/Zogby shows McCain up by 5 in a poll of likely voters.
We have breached the outer defenses…now it is time to pour through that gap.
The arrangements of speakers, the former GOP primary hopefuls included, can serve to bring a lot of dissatisfied GOP voters out, bring in a lot of new independents, and quite a few Dems, and solidify the larger strategy…defeat Obama soundly.
This one cannot, simply cannot be another 51-49 vote in November. It simply must be, by all means, a 65-35, or even a 60-40, landslide.
coldwarrior on August 20, 2008 at 1:04 PM
True. Though its not so much that I’m uninterested and don’t want to listen. My desire to change the channel has everything to do with the fact that I love my TV and don’t want to see it get broken by any hard, flying objects that happen to be currently located within arms length of my living room chair.
Zetterson on August 20, 2008 at 1:04 PM
I honestly think this is a very good lineup.
One of the people is going to be VP on the speaker list. Who? I don’t know.
DanStark on August 20, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I got it!
The lineup for Tuesday primetime: Palin, Huckabee, Rudy
The Chick, The Hick, and City Slick
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 20, 2008 at 1:04 PM
http://www.mccainsanford.com is for sale by owner. I’m just sayin’ …
bnelson44 on August 20, 2008 at 1:05 PM
TJ, ltns. Nice to see you around!
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Who else is left then?
terryannonline on August 20, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Not drunk enough. Pharmaceuticals might need to be introduced into the mix.
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 20, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Definitely add them to my “must change channel now for the sake of my TV” list.
Zetterson on August 20, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Perhaps I should just wander off into the Arizona desert and chew on peyote until my face melts.
I’m somewhat less than optimistic for the short-term future of America ;)
LimeyGeek on August 20, 2008 at 1:06 PM
3rd parties make that not possible.
best hope: 45 – 40 – 8 -4 -3
McCain, Obama, Barr, Nader, McKinney/Other
jp on August 20, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Just hope I have cable to at least watch some of those who are speaking.
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Lieberman is no Zell Miller.
INC on August 20, 2008 at 1:07 PM
/snorts!
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 1:08 PM
if he goes Sanford, he’s going Fiscal Con ticket.
however, Lopez at Corner posted a recent clip awhile back of Sanford on CNN and it was bad. He had a brain lapse and couldn’t remember what he was talking about.
jp on August 20, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Nicely done sir
LimeyGeek on August 20, 2008 at 1:08 PM
hard to beleive Romney isn’t speaking unless he is VP pick?
jp on August 20, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Boy, not a lot of Southerners on that list. Where’s Haley Barbour? Mitch McConnell? John Cornyn? Mark Sanford?
And Sarah Palin is the only woman in primetime. Wow.
rockmom on August 20, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Know who else isn’t on the list? Eric Cantor.
Rob Bluey was speculating via Twitter just yesterday about why Cantor has not been back to the House oil protest in some time, despite being one of the big motivators in the first days. Bluey thought it had something to do with veepstakes. Hmmmm.
aero on August 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM
Huckabee?
Good lord – somebody wake me up…
jake-the-goose on August 20, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Columbian Marching Powder? That might help.
I keeeed, I keeeed ;)
LimeyGeek on August 20, 2008 at 1:11 PM
McCain, Obama, Barr, Nader, McKinney/Other
jp on August 20, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Really think Barr is going to grab that many “Republican” votes? As for Nader and McKinney…less than a percent or two for the both of them, from the Dem camp, too.
coldwarrior on August 20, 2008 at 1:12 PM
wait, Pawlenty is speaking..duh
has to be Romney, right?
jp on August 20, 2008 at 1:13 PM
possibly, unless fear of Obama stops it. alot of it depends on if Ron Paul endorses him or goes with Chuck Baldwin instead. or tells everyone to write his name in, which many paultards are planning to do anyway.
jp on August 20, 2008 at 1:14 PM
I wouldn’t have a problem with Rudy as Veep. I’d rather he was available to challenge Hillary for the Senate. I think he’s more valuable there.
artlover on August 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Romney is speaking. I guess it is easy to move schedule of speakers around. So the VP might very well be on this list.
terryannonline on August 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM
@ aero on August 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM
I live in VA, and I have NEVER heard of Eric Cantor before reading about him on this site, and I follow politics very close. He would be an awful choice for VP. He is a nobody. No one knows him.
muyoso on August 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM
don’t speculate.
none of us have a crystal ball.
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 1:18 PM
very true terry. no one knows and even the leaks are becoming rediculous.
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 1:21 PM
You know who this benefits. Mitt Romney….
sorry, haven’t had a chance to use my favorite HH quote in a bit..
phreshone on August 20, 2008 at 1:23 PM
jp on August 20, 2008 at 1:14 PM –
Paultards…yep, we have an enclave of them around here, painted Ron Paul posters covering sides of barns and Paulista bumper stickers covering their pick-up trucks.
So, they help defeat MmCain…and gain what? There has got to be an effective law against inbreeding!
coldwarrior on August 20, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Since Governors Romney, Pawlenty, and Palin are all scheduled speakers, does that mean that none of them are the VP nominee? Or would the VP nominee get to give two speeches?
Interesting that Palin, Huckabee, and Giuliani get primetime speeches, but Romney does not. In the primaries, Romney won more delegates than either Huckabee or Giuliani.
Is McCain going to wait until September 3 to announce his VP nominee?
Steve Z on August 20, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Rudy shouldn’t be VP–too much baggage, his pro-choice views negate the Saddleback bump, and his campaign floundered in the primaries. Save him for Attorney General or Homeland Security Secretary in a McCain Administration.
Steve Z on August 20, 2008 at 1:32 PM
I can understand scheduling Mitt and Huck for different nights. Would hate to see the convention marred by a bar brawl.
Mitt’s got the height advantage, but Huck has a long history of fighting dirty. And we know his kid’s packing heat.
sulla on August 20, 2008 at 1:35 PM
It is interesting that Romney is getting the shaft. He came in Second in the primaries, and Huck and Guiliani are getting primetime slots. They finished behind him. Of course, Huck played pattycake with McCain to derail Romney. Fred! isn’t getting a primetime slot either, but I think that’s because he genuinely doesn’t care–he’s done, and he’s not the future of the party anyway.
So of all the defeated candidates, Romney’s the only one who is getting the shaft in a major way. Unless he will be picked Veep–easier to move an afternoon speech?
Else Romney is getting the shaft somehow. Why?
Vanceone on August 20, 2008 at 1:36 PM
“Some people just want to watch the world burn,”
wise_man on August 20, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Perhaps afraid of being upstaged by the big crowds at the dem convention, are they just going with their big hitters to keep the crowd energized?
Typhonsentra on August 20, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Pawlenty is scheduled after the VP candidate would normally speak, so that slot can easily be “overtaken by events.” The schedule points to Pawlenty, I’d say.
RBMN on August 20, 2008 at 1:40 PM
The following are missing from the list: Cantor, Kasich, Portman, Sanford, Pataki
ConservativePartyNow on August 20, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Is it just me, or is that question incoherent? No wonder Sanford was at a loss. Of course, hind sight being 20/20, and playing Tuesday morning quarterback, he should have asked Blitzer to restate the question.
But Sanford is still a winner, and would be an awesome VP selection. The best.
funky chicken on August 20, 2008 at 1:43 PM
No. He already said August 29th is the day. I do anticipate that this schedule will change, since I still think that McCain will pick a woman, either Sarah or Meg.
ConservativePartyNow on August 20, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Damn. Ewwww another bona fide Republican who would be worse than Lieberman.
funky chicken on August 20, 2008 at 1:44 PM
But I just love how the GOP is keeping its convention in the news LOL poor Barry running around whining and stomping his little feeties, and McCain still running circles around him.
Good job fellas, now don’t get cocky. No Lieberman or Ridge for VP.
funky chicken on August 20, 2008 at 1:45 PM
I confess I don’t care anymore. If McCain is still holding a grudge against Mitt, and using the schedule to punish him…oh well. I think people would notice, and if Mitt – who has since his decision to leave the race has been the consummate team player – is given a back seat while the backstabbing weasel Huckabee is given prime time, I could seriously see Mitt going along if it means helping McCain. The folks who can’t stand Romney will be pacified, the folks who get a thrill up their leg whenever Huckabee is mentioned will take enormous comfort in the relative generosity shown their guy, and that segment of the GOP population that has been threatening to hijack the party if they’re not appeased will rejoin the tent (assuming McCain’s VP isn’t a travesty).
Consider it a replay of Solomon and the two mothers. Look at Mitt, look at Huck – who is willing to sacrifice their desires for the good of the party, and who is willing to cut the baby in two to satisfy their own selfish desire – I get my way or nobody goes away happy.
Especially since I imagine Huck won’t be able to resist twisting the knife at least once in his big prime-time opportunity, he’ll savor the battle…but lose the war four years from now.
sulla on August 20, 2008 at 1:46 PM
C’mon Allah. Rudy delivers a blockbuster speech, and you know it. That’s why he’s the keynote speaker. You want to fire up the crowd, and reach as many voters as possible, you go with your A team.
Waaaahhhh, it’s not fair because the dems can’t do as well? Or they could have done as well maybe with Slick Willie but the Obama folks won’t allow it? So the GOP should send out our B team so the dems won’t look so pathetic? C’mon.
funky chicken on August 20, 2008 at 1:48 PM
funky chicken on August 20, 2008 at 1:45 PM –
Seize the initiative! Control the content of the media. Keep Obama playing a catch-up game. A stumbling one at that. This is the way to play the game.
This election is ours to lose. Heaven forbid, we do.
coldwarrior on August 20, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Is the Republican Party smart enough to broadcast the GOP Convention via internet with contributions payable online during voters’ favorite speakers, or only channel through the elitist MSM defeatists?
Sure would be fun for the Fredheads to make a positive mark on the ‘08 POTUS platform. Likewise, Mittens would like some bragging rights as well.
Thank God Americans saw through Obama’s hole in time for some lifted spirits before the Conventions. HA! McCain overcame Obama’s lead DESPITE being ignored by the MSM.
Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity will be at the Denver DNC Convention–will they podcast YouTube highlights for us? After all the Hillary shtick America has endured, her final POTUS gasp deserves full coverage, aka “closure”. If she doesn’t succeed with a POTUS coup this time around, she’d better accept life as the Senator from New York, no small feat.
maverick muse on August 20, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Why do you say that? He is speaking on Wednesday according to the schedule.
Besides, whomever the VP is will have their time slot moved.
EJDolbow on August 20, 2008 at 1:49 PM
that said, in fairness to Huck – when he’s not being a d*ck, he can deliver a heck of a speech. I can’t stand the guy, and if I was scheduling speakers I’d still put him in prime time.
sulla on August 20, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Rudy is an excellent choice for Prime Time! Tough guy needed for tough times! He won’t pull any punches!
sabbott on August 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Because those “two guys” are much more popular with the American people.
tommylotto on August 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Cantor is young, very attrative, and very conservative. So what if he’s an unknown right now. Campaigning for VP gets folks to know a person pretty quickly.
funky chicken on August 20, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Why not have Rudy speak. He was the first Republican Mayor in how long in New York? He’s a national name, and he’s well known to the Republican Base, and the Moderates that the Maverick wants to secure. That’s the slightly more conservative than the extreme left of the Democratic Party.
You know, the same people Hillary was trying to woo.
Snake307 on August 20, 2008 at 1:57 PM
How so? The numbers prove you very wrong. Spending is WAY up, deficit WAY up, provision of service WAY down, and more than 25% of student in CA and 33% in LA drop out. Explain to me exactly how he is better.
tommylotto on August 20, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Good counter programing to Access Hollywood.
tommylotto on August 20, 2008 at 2:00 PM
indication of things to come for the GOP if McCain wins..
DaveC on August 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Huckster ?? Why? I hope COPS re-runs are on at the time of his *speech*. Thank God for remote controls. OOffaahh..
redrock on August 20, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Agreed. If they lose this election, big time, with no arguments of the election being stolen, maybe the Democratic Party will finally take a step back and look at its conduct and realize how un-American they have been these last few years. If they wanted to differentiate themselves, they should have done it on domestic policy, not flip flop on a war they voted for but now hope to lose. That behavior cannot be rewarded by the American people.
tommylotto on August 20, 2008 at 2:08 PM
tommy, the Dems will never step back nor would they ever admit to it’s conduct.
upinak on August 20, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Ding, ding, ding. I think you win…
tommylotto on August 20, 2008 at 2:13 PM
We have so many great republicans! Amazing line up indeed.
jencab on August 20, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Huckabee on after Palin and before Rudy? Get out the crackers, there’s going to be a lot of cheese.
Some good speakers (like Jindal, Steele, Fred!, etc), many crappy ones. Who wants to hear Mel Martinez speak? He is SO unimpressive, boring, uninspiring… my God. Crist? Should we wear sunglasses so the light from his glowing skin doesn’t blind us? Arnold? Held out hope for him once, now he completely grates. At least several of them are on the last day, when things are winding down.
Carly has always been a good speaker, interested to hear Whitman; nice to have two prominent businesswomen give addresses. Unfortunately I will be in Disneyworld and will only get bits and pieces of this. =(
linlithgow on August 20, 2008 at 2:15 PM
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