Washington: Republican National Convention

MINNEAPOLIS -Washington's delegates had a solidly positive reaction to newly minted vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and her speech last night resonated particularly among women delegates.

"I thought her speech was wonderful," said Linda Sturza, an alternate delegate from Camano Island. "Personally I am a mother and I think she spoke to all of us mothers. I was teary eyed because it was very heartfelt. I appreciate her perspective and she's just so real."

MINNEAPOLIS - Trent Lott, the former Senate Majority Leader from Mississippi, spoke to the Washington delegation this morning with an address full of jokes, old Senate stories, southern military history and recollections of the good times he has spend in Washington state.

He also complimented the Washington delegation on their organization for all getting together in the same room for breakfast.

"We Mississippians just kind of wander around the hotel lobby hung over," he joked.

MINNEAPOLIS - The keynote speaker for the final Washington delegation breakfast of the Republican National Convention will be former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.). In addition to Lott, the group is scheduled to hear from the Republican National Committee's e-campaign manager and the western regional campaign manager for the McCain-Palin ticket.

Also rumored to stop by is Vermont Governor Jim Douglas.

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MINNEAPOLIS - Elway Research conducted a poll for the secretary of state's office the weekend after the "top two" primary to gauge voter approval of the new system and found largely positive results. The Olympian reports that the Elway poll found 76 percent of respondents approved of the new system with a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percent.