It looks like a combination of things, from Ann Romney's not-to-be-covered speech on Monday night, to potential Hurricane Isaac landfall near Tampa, is driving a bit of RNC convention rescheduling. New York Magazine's Intel blog (among other sources) is reporting:
At first the Romney campaign was angry that NBC, ABC, and CBS consider reruns more entertaining than Ann Romney's Monday night speech, but the Republicans have found a way to use the lack of coverage to their advantage. The New York Times reports that while a candidate is traditionally nominated on the second-to-last night of the convention, the roll call has been moved to the first night of the Republican National Convention due to concerns about when Tropical Storm Isaac might hit, and potentially rowdy Ron Paul delegates.
The morning
National Hurricane Center forecast model places Isaac in the vicinity of Tampa as early as 8AM on Tuesday. It looks, for now, like the storm will stay offshore, but Tampa will be on the bad side of the storm - particularly for storm surge and tornadoes. I am quite sure it's worrying to the convention planners and local
strip club owners who are expecting a cash windfall, but I'm thinking more of the real windfall that hundreds of thousands of residents who live along the western Florida Gulf Coast might experience.
Regardless, I found this cartoon rather amusing:
It's going to be an interesting weekend for the GOP party planners on a whole lot of levels...