On Monday, Missouri's delegates watched and listened as three of their own addressed the Republican National Convention. KSMU's Missy Shelton reports from New York.
THE FIRST MISSOURIAN TO TAKE THE STAGE WAS ANN WAGNER.
SHE IS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY.
SHE TALKED ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS SHE'S MET WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAMPAIGINING FOR PRESIDENTI GEORGE BUSH.
LATER IN THE DAY, U-S SENATOR KIT BOND OF MISSOURI BRIEFLY TOOK THE STAGE.
HE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL U-S SENATE CANDIDATES WHO ADDRESSED THE CONVENTION.
HIS COMMENTS CENTERED ON THE WORK HE'S DONE AS A MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
BOND FACES DEMOCRATIC STATE TREASURER NANCY FARMER IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION'FARMER ADDRESSED THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION LAST MONTH IN BOSTON.
DURING HIS SPEECH, BOND ALSO DEFENDED THE PRESIDENT, SAYING HE DID NOT ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO DISTORT INTELLIGENCE LEADING UP TO THE WAR IN IRAQ.
TOWARD THE END OF HIS REMARKS, BOND URGED VOTERS TO CHOOSE PRESIDENT BUSH BECAUSE OF HIS WORK TO FIGHT TERRORISM.
THE LAST MISSOURIAN TO TAKE THE STAGE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONVENTION WAS HOUSE SPEAKER CATHERINE HANAWAY.
SHE'S RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
HER SHORT SPEECH FOCUSED ON THE FIGHT IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE OVER HIGHER TAXES.
IN AN INTERVIEW AFTER HER SPEECH, CATHERINE HANAWAY DESCRIBED HER EXPERIENCE ON THE SPEAKER'S PLATFORM.
THOUGH THE SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS IS SOMEWHAT FUILD AND CHANGES FROM DAY TO DAY, NO MORE MISSOURIANS ARE SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS THIS CONVENTION.
