Laura Bush, Cindy McCain to Address Opening Session at GOP Convention

While events have been truncated at the Republican National Convention, delegates will get to hear Monday from first lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain, wife of presumptive presidential nominee John McCain, in an address to delegates at the end of the convention’s opening session call. Bush said Monday that she and Cindy McCain will be “doing an event at the close of business” around 6 p.m. ET. The event is expected to take place at the Xcel Energy Center, where delegates are meeting to call the convention into order so that they can nominate McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican nominees this year. The opening session so far is the only event scheduled as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast, leaving the festivities out in the rain. Laura Bush and Cindy McCain were also expected to attend the Louisiana delegation breakfast in Minneapolis and a luncheon for all the delegates. Speaking on FOX News on Monday, the first lady said she understood how ... (link)