The new slogan of the Republican convention is: We Can Do Better. Not a hugely rousing slogan that would inspire people. The previous one, up on the walls of the Tampa Bay Times Forum for a few days was: Change. We think people realized that was the Obama 2008 slogan, so they said, “We need to Change that.”

Monday was a very short day, the convention was convened at 2:00 p.m., then about a minute later was recessed. They decided to cancel the first day of the convention due to the tropical storm, which didn’t amount to much here. But it looks like it’s headed to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. 

I happened to be on the convention floor when I saw House speaker John Boehner being interviewed by ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer. It was hard to tell who was getting more attention from the growing gaggle of media surrounding the pair. 

Tuesday it’s the first official day of the convention, with a full night of speakers.