John McCain announced today that the Republican Party will pare down its activities at least for the first day of its convention in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday.
"So of course this is a time when we have to do away with our party politics and we have to act as Americans. We have to join with 300,000,000 other Americans on behalf of our fellow citizens. It's a time for action. So were are going to suspend most of our activities tomorrow except those absolutely necessary," he said.
"It's time to open our hearts, our efforts, our wallets, our concerns, our care for those American citizens who are now under the shadow and the probability of a natural disaster," he said. "We will act together."
President Bush and Vice President Cheney both scrapped plans to speak on Monday. The program on Monday has been cut from seven hours to two-and-half hours. McCain has chartered a jet to get Gulf state delegates back home to deal with the storm. Here is the Associated Press story.
As for the other days of the convention, McCain said decisions will be made on a day-by-day basis.
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