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We have a blogger/reporter at the Republican Convention. You can read more at Sacto Dan's Blog. He is reporting 'live' all weekend long from San Jose, and will be joining us for conversation on Monday's show.

Here is the text of Governor Schwarzenegger's Friday Night presentation to the statewide GOP delegates and those attending.

Thank you.  Thank you.  Please sit down.  Thank you very much.  Wow.  What an exciting crowd.  This is terrific.  What a great convention we have here.  It is wonderful to see all of you here today.

 

It is great.  I want to thank all of the organizers that organized all of this here tonight.  It is just really terrific. 

 

I just want to begin by expressing also my gratitude to our party leaders...  my very dear friends, Dick Ackerman, Kevin McCarthy and Duf Sundheim.  Let’s give all three of them a big hand.  Dick and Kevin, I am proud to serve with you.  And I want to thank you for working with me day in and day out on behalf of the people of California. 

 

And Duf, what a champion you are.  You have worked so hard to bring all us together.  Duf, you are a great leader of our party, and I know when I say that, that I speak for everyone here when I say thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you for everything that you have done.  Thank you.

 

I also want to take a moment to express my deepest appreciation to our county leaders and to the thousands of volunteers who have been there for me since the beginning.  The Republican Party is my home and I’m proud of your support and I’m grateful for your friendship. 

 

I, I know how hard you’ve worked on my behalf.  I know how many hours you logged at the phone banks and how you were going door to door because you believed in what we were trying to do. 

 

Last November we fought the good fight for reform.  We fought with all of our heart.  And I want to say thank you to you for that.

 

During that election, I remember when all of those commercials were playing, one of my kids, got very upset and went to Maria and said, "Mom, what happens if Daddy loses? Daddy always wins, but what if he loses? It will be embarrassing."

 

And Maria said, "My son, there is no shame in losing.  The shame is in not trying."

 

So today I want to say to all of you here.  Thank you for trying with me.  Thank you very much.