LOTS OF INFO ON RNC EVENTS & PREP

traffic management plan press release
http://mn-stpaul.civicplus.com/DocumentView.asp?DID=5759

Downtown St. Paul (RNC) bus detours map
http://www.metrotransit.org/RNC/RNCmap.pdf

Detour routes will be well-marked to help move traffic throughout the area. The police department’s plan ensures that most major access roads to Saint Paul – including Interstates 94 and 35E, Wabasha and Robert streets, and Shepard Road – will remain open.
http://www.stpaul.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=5115

**We’ve got the convention party lists
http://media.sunlightprojects.org/partytime/pdf/RNC_convention_parties_0...

GOP information slideshow
http://www.stpaul.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=5594

Virtual Seating at the Xcel
http://www.xcelenergycenter.com/seating/concert.jsp

Map of Xcel Energy Center
Xcel Enery Center and Surrounding Streets
Hotels and skyways
Greater Saint Paul and Surrounding Neighborhoods
http://www.xcelenergycenter.com/GettingHere/Maps.jsp

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Monday, September 1: 2:30 - 10:00 p.m. CDT*
Tuesday, September 2: 6:20 - 10:05 p.m. CDT
Wednesday, September 3: 6:20 - 11:20 p.m. CDT
Thursday, September 4: 6:20 - 10:15 p.m. CDT
*Note: there will be a 30-minute break at 6:30 p.m. CDT
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(schedule subject to change)

Monday 9/1:
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
Vice President Dick Cheney

Monday primetime (10-11pm Eastern Time)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif.
President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush

Tuesday 9/2:
Fmr. Gov. Tom Ridge, R-Pa.
Former CA Secretary of State Rosario Marin
Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.
Gov. Linda Lingle, R-Hawaii
Fmr. Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, R-Md.

Tuesday primetime (10-11pm Eastern Time)
Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska
Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.
Fmr. Mayor Rudy Giuliani, R-New York City ***KEYNOTER***

Wednesday 9/3:
Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn.
Meg Whitman, Ebay CEO
Carly Fiorina, former HP CEO
Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.

Wednesday primetime (10-11pm Eastern Time)
Cindy McCain
Vice Presidential nominee
Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., will speak after the VP nominee

Thursday 9/4:
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.
Gov. Charlie Crist, R-Fla.
Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas
Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla

Thursday primetime (10-11pm Eastern Time)
Sen. John McCain (video before his speech)