Oregon: Marilyn Shannon

MINNEAPOLIS -- Former state Sen. Marylin Shannon said Monday that she understood why Republican National Convention organizers felt the need to scale back events because of Hurricane Gustav, but she hoped these schedule changes would only affect the first day of the convention.

“I don’t think they should scale back anything but today,” Shannon said. “Minneapolis worked so hard to put on a show, and for us to sit in our room and do nothing makes no sense."