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Maine Delegation Reacts to Suspension of Convention

Presumptive Republican Party nominee John McCain yesterday announced that all but essential convention business would be suspended on Monday, the convention’s opening day. The address scheduled by President Bush has been cancelled, as has an appearance by Vice President Dick Cheney. It appears to be the first time a natural disaster has disrupted a national political convention.

The Democratic National Committee is also changing its plans, announcing Sunday evening that it's daily media briefing scheduled for Monday has been cancelled.

Republican leaders in Maine have been working on convention planning for two years. Barbara Cariddi is in Minneapolis and she caught up with the state’s GOP chair Mark Ellis, and delegation chair Josh Tardy Sunday, shortly after McCain’s announcement.

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