Afternoon, this afternoon, and well see up in Bergen County, i would assume that will be the end of the day today as well, though the president of the bpu will continue to monitor that closely and work with the folks in Bergen County to make sure their power gets restored quickly. Dep reports that the high tide this morning was survived very well by the people in cape may county. Only minor to moderate flooding. Mostly street flooding. We dont see any significant Property Damage happening in cape may county. Folks did have to leave because of lack of power in those barrier islands, in places like sea isle city, avalon, stone harb harbor, north wildwood. For those folks they went and sheltered often with friends and family. Some went to local hotels where generators were operating in order to stay warm last night. We report happy to report that there are, so far, no deaths in new jersey connected with this storm. For today, i think the most important thing is for everybody to remember,
And every cycle its done a little differently. In 2008, not only were the conventions much later that year, they didnt happen till it august and september, but the order was reversed from this year in 2008, the democrats went first. Democrats held their big nominating convention for barack obama and joe biden in denver. You might remember it culminated with that big speech in that huge arena in denver where barack obama spoke on than set with the big theatrical columns. It was very dramatic. The republicans that year in 2008, they made a Bold Decision that they would take advantage of the fact that the democrats were going first and they would take advantage of the fact that the conventions were so late that year. So the momentum coming out of the conventions was going to be really important for the general election. Because of those two factors they decided to do something very bold. They decided in 2008 that one day after the Democratic Convention was over, the very next day, john mc
It was very dramatic. The republicans that year in 2008, they made a Bold Decision that they would take advantage of the fact that the democrats were going first and they would take advantage of the fact that the conventions were so late that year. So the momentum coming out of the conventions was going to be really important for the general election. Because of those two factors they decided to do something very bold. They decided in 2008 that one day after the Democratic Convention was over, the very next day, john mccain would name his Vice President ial running mate. They didnt name the person who was going to run with mccain till after the democrats had their convention. Its kinds of a genius move. It meant the biggesting move who john mccain was going to pick as his running mate was this is distracting parlor game that everybody was nattering about all through the Democratic Convention when they should have been talking about barack obama and joe biden. It also met when john mcca