GOP convention begins with mini-session, Obama debt dig
August 27, 2012 1:30PM
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Updated: August 27, 2012 9:07PM
In Tampa, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus gaveled to order Monday the 2012 GOP convention-- with the Monday full session cut because of the impact of Tropical Storm Isaac. Priebus, at the Tampa Times Bay Forum recessed the session until Tuesday after a few minutes at the podium.
Priebus asked for a moment of silence to give thanks to emergency workers who are keeping convention goers and other people in the path of Isaac "out of harms way."
Priebus used his few minutes on the podium to "draw your attention to the unprecedented fiscal recklessness of the Obama administration"--setting a one of two "debt clocks" in the Forum to zero. One clock is a rolling total of the national debt. The other, set Monday, will total how much debt was accumulated during the GOP convention.
