Republican National Convention

Ever since attending my first precinct caucus in 1980 I have been interested in the platform. Since then I have served on numerous county, district and state platform committees. I have served as secretary and chairman of the committee at each level. On a personal level I have always wanted to serve on the national platform committee.

At the Second District Convention I was elected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In our delegation, I (along with Lisa Smith) was elected to the National Platform Committee. The Platform Committee meets M-W the week before the convention.

My intent is to advocate for those core issues from our state platform in the national platform. This year, the Platform Committee will be accepting input on the web at http://www.gopplatform2008.com/intro.aspx.

There is likely to be some heated discussion about this year's platform. Issues ranging from ANWR to immigration to abortion are likely to spark lively debate. The Hill reports that there is a possibility of two platforms — a McCain platform and a Convention platform. I hope we will come up with one platform that represents our party.

I will try to update this blog during the platform meetings and during the convention the following week.