And now we return to your regular life in downtown Tampa.
The Republican National Convention, years in the making, ended last night officially sometime around 11:15 p.m., as the red, white and blue balloons dropped from the rafters onto the delegates, reporters and elected officials jamming the floor of the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Of course, Romney’s big speech was somewhat overshadowed by the bizarre impromptu skit by icon Clint Eastwood.
Next week the Democrats stage their three-day convention in Charlotte, and a theme will no doubt be the GOP’s “war on women.” One of the speakers at next week’s DNC, Sandra Fluke, denounced the Romney-Ryan ticket yesterday in Tampa.
A major story developing as the RNC begins to fade from memory is — what the hell happened with the protesters? Where were they? One of Tampa Bay’s leading activists has his theories.
The group Doctors for America held one of the last big organized demonstrations yesterday.
If Mitt Romney is going to win the election, political analysts say he has to do better with Latino voters than is currently the case. With Hillsborough County crucial to winning Florida, Hillsborough GOP chair Art Wood says that means they’ve got to do better with that electorate as well.
This article appears in Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2012.
