It’s official: he’s in. I got there plenty early but there was no parking anywhere NEAR the Doublewood. The banquet room was so packed that they had to open a divider and fill a second room. I was on the press platform next to my friend Racer from KFYR TV and Scott Hennen from AM 1100 radio. One funny thing about Republicans, though…they don’t chant for long. Several times the chant was started to bring in the governor, but they had to be restarted. There was lots of applause and enthusiasm though!

It’s too bad all that ammunition against Senator Byron “Skybox” Dorgan won’t have to be used…it would be great to expose him for his true legacy. It’s no wonder he didn’t want to go against a popular incumbent governor, given all the baggage that is going to stick with our helmet-headed Senator forevermore.

Go get ’em, John! We’ll be keeping an eye on you.