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As the US Republican Party's convention in advance of the November elections takes place in Tampa, Florida, I am following this second day of events through the government broadcaster C-Span's livestream.
6:41 p.m. EDT (UTC-4:00) C-Span lady says the Convention is officially in recess until 7:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
6:43 p.m. Philosophical West African lady telephoning in from New York State: Have civilized dialogue, not violent language. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama still have to work together after the election, no matter what happens.
6:56 p.m. Smarmy besuited young male individual waving "MITT" sign behind NBC news anchor Chuck Todd during his interview. We get it already, we really do.
7:02 p.m. Pale Texan delegate who has apparently not needed to be shielded from the sun for a while wearing cowboy hat is really incongruous. And he is at least one individual on Earth's green and blue sphere who would like to see former President G.W. Bush at the convention; still says he thinks it's tactically better for him to be absent. Is this the southern passive-aggression I've heard about?
7:04 p.m. A Hispanic lady who is for Romney-Ryan has been discovered!
7:07 p.m. Earlier at the convention: Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney were determined to be the nominees, which — as many a Twitter jokester commented — is an unforeseen contingency that threatens to capsize this Republican electoral season.
Convention begins again.
