Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, briefing journalists in the media centre of the cavernous Xcel Energy Center where the convention is to be held, said, on Monday only some pressing business would be conducted and there would be no roll call of delegates or any speeches or any other activity.
"The reason we are not able to give you more notice on what the convention will do is because we want to be respectful of the situation that exists in the Gulf. We can't be predictive of it," Davis added.
"By nature, it is an unpredictable event. Therefore, we will take our time in an effort to make sure that nothing we do distracts from the activities in the Gulf," Davis added.
He said that since McCain had "asked us to take our Republican hats off and put our American hats on, tomorrow's programme will be business only and we will refrain from any political rhetoric that would be tradition in an opening session of a convention.
He said delegates would be exhorted "to raise money during the course of the week for various charities that operate in the Gulf region," to help those who would be affected by the Gustav.
Image: Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
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