A very poignant moment happened Wednesday morning (possibly the only one of the convention) when Bradley Thompson, a production manager of the convention, proposed on the main stage to Laura Bowman, a production coordinator, with the big question projected on the giant TV screens surrounding the stage. This was well before the convention convened, the arena was mostly empty. Not knowing it would happen, I almost missed it. As I was leaving the convention floor I noticed a man in a suit kneeling in front of a woman on the stage. Giant letters behind them said: LAURA BOWMAN—WILL YOU---MARRY—ME? I managed to get the happy couple and the signs in one photo. They kissed and hugged, then took a bow as various workers and media applauded.  

   The slogan for today is “We Can Change It” as a new sign was put into place, ironically, by union workers.

 I finally got a photo of the teleprompter text I wrote about on Sunday. It’s the first few words of the Gettysburg Address that appears on the giant device that the speaker at the podium can read from. We are still not sure who will read the address, or when.

And what’s the Gettysburg Address without an Abe Lincoln look-alike? I think I saw this fellow 4 years ago at the Republican convention in St. Paul. 

 Mitt Romney made a surprise visit to the Tampa Bay Forum a day before his big speech, here he’s looking a bit 2-dimentional as a German TV crew poses him in the delegates seats.