So far, the Convention appears to be very-well attended.  The 14-way race for the Presidential nomination and controversies over the Platform apparently have piqued the interest of Libertarians all across the nation.  As of last night, 552 delegates and 10 alternates had arrived and obtained credentials, and a lot more are expected to arrive today. 
 
Platform debate continues today (Saturday).  Tomorrow (Sunday) are the Presidential and Vice Presidential nominations, which may be covered by C-Span.  The convention is crawling with Press.  As of late Thursday, more than 40 news organizations and 70 individuals from those organizations had requested and received credentials, ranging from CBS to NPR to Fox News and CNN.
 
Tonight is the debate among the leading candidates for the LP Presidential nomination, on C-SPAN from 7 to 9 pm MDT (9 to 11 pm Eastern).  As the candidates must collect endorsements from at least 10% of the delegates by 1 pm MDT today to participate in the C-SPAN debate, it's crunch time for the candidates to do so.  Rumor has it that so far only Mary Ruwart, Wayne Root and Bob Barr have collected sufficient of these endorsement "tokens"  to assure inclusion in the debate.
 
Bob Barr appears to be adopting a "Rose Garden" strategy in his campaign, refusing to debate other candidates.  He never officially announced his candidacy until all the state conventions (and pre-Convention debate opportunities) had concluded.  He was the only Presidential candidate who avoided the "All-Inclusive" Presidential candidate debate yesterday evening.  Hence, tonight will be the first time of which I am aware when he has debated his opponents.  It should be very interesting!
 
I have been very impressed with the quality of the leading candidates for our Presidential nomination and will enthusiastically support our nominee, whoever it may be.  Please join me in doing the same.
 
Bill Hall
Chair, LP of Michigan
Denver, CO
May 24, 2008 at 940 am MDT