Romney clearly had the advantage as a public speaker among all the speakers and the energy level was also the highest, no doubt Romney had his game on for the hometown crowd.
Hunter was the last of the candidates to speak and did not do so as long. Quipped that McCain took all the time...
Hunter hit his highest moment for sponsoring the bill on building the fence and claims he’ll have it done in six months, crowd roars. He said, that McCain said “if there was a 20’ foot fence then there’s a 21’ foot ladder.” Hunter explains double wall fence concept and goes on right away about that other element (border guards, without actually saying it) and he would pardon the border agents his first day and audience went raucous!
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox was also excellent, geez did he go after Cinton and Granholm.
McCain was clearly the goat of the whole conference, but also got his fair share of applause, ALL of it came from support of Iraq, but did get booed for trashing Rumsfeld (Bush backers, presumably), global warming, border control, immigration/amnesty, flip-flopped on supporting Bush tax cuts, and a nonsense rant on worker training (sounding like Granholm).
Thank you again for sharing your experience with us. We are starved for news about Hunter on the campaign trail.
I must admit I wouldn't mind staring at Romney for a while, although I generally like the manly man look of a HUNTER! ;*)
“He said, that McCain said “if there was a 20’ foot fence then there’s a 21’ foot ladder.”
That’s right! I’d forgotten that. Gotta find that quote.
Thank you for the summary.
How on earth could McCain dispute the success of the San Diego fence? It's amazing that this man is still a Senator.
Glad to hear such a glowing DH report!