ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — The Republican National Convention, cut back Monday because of Hurricane Gustav's arrival on the U.S. Gulf Coast, will resume a full schedule Tuesday, convention officials said.
President Bush will deliver his address, which had been set for Monday, via satellite at 9:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, officials said.
Tuesday's theme will be "Who is John McCain," officials said.
Former Sen. Fred Thompson, who ran in the early GOP 2008 presidential primaries, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democrat's 2000 vice presidential nominee, will deliver prime time speeches following President Bush.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain's choice for vice president, is scheduled to address the GOP convention Wednesday night.
GOP officials said the convention will still have an emphasis on helping those impacted by Gustav's passage through the Gulf states.
The decision to go forward with the convention schedule was made with the agreement of all Gulf coast governors, convention officials said.
The good news is the GOP won't lose another day to distractions, but the bad news is President Bush will be giving a speech by satellite. Bush is always better in front of a live audience, and probably would have been outstanding in front of adoring Republicans, but he looks awkward when doing a broadcast speech.
I'm not going to get to watch all of it tonight, but I'll try to catch some of the prime time speeches either live or on TiVO for the next three nights. I've been asked by the BBC Online (along with many other conservative pundits) to provide Twitter updates with my thoughts as I watch the proceedings. The BBC will cull through those comments from all of us and publish some of them on their site. The Twitter updates will appear in the right hand sidebar of the blog, and I may consolidate them into a blog post each night as well.
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