Gazette reporter Sean Sedam holds court at the convention

Gazette reporter Sean Sedam holds court at the convention

September 2, 2008

For much of the convention Gazette Reporter Sean Sedum could be found holding court in the middle of the open-air atrium of the Embassy Suites – Downtown St. Paul.

It is reported that he could often be observed chatting with the ducks which lived in the ponds in the center of the atrium...

In the lower picture Mr. Sedam, lower center, could be seen, in this ducks-eye view from the eighth floor, slaving away at the keyboard – in search of a Wi-Fi signal…

Gazette reporter Sean Sedam holds court at the convention
Monday September 1 2008 A day of deference by Sean Sedam

Gazette reporter Sean Sedam will be reporting from the Republican National Convention all this week. Check this page regularly for updates.

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Posted on the Gazette web site at 9:13 a.m. Sept. 2, 2008

Delegates convened at the Xcel Energy Center for three hours on Monday night [September 1, 2008] forgoing a roll call or primetime speakers in deference to the emergency weather roaring across the Gulf states.

President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger were all bumped from the convention’s first day.

With eyes on Hurricane Gustav, opening day struck the right tone of "humility," said Carmen Amedori, a delegate from Carroll County who was a member of the House of Delegates from 1999 to 2004.

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Read the rest of Mr. Sedam’s article here: Monday September 1 2008 A day of deference by Sean Sedam

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