David Holt from the Republican Convention NewsOK.com Blogging Community

The delegation had breakfast one last time together this morning. 

The delegation heard from Mary Fallin, Tom Cole, Frank Lucas and Jim Inhofe.  Senator Inhofe explained what happened to the roll call last night, which resulted in two votes for Ron Paul accidentally not being cast at that time.  As Michael McNutt reports, the Paul voters took that pretty hard. 

The delegation also heard from Lynn Windel and Bunny Chambers, who are serving their final day today as National Committeeman and Committeewoman.  Lynn and Bunny have served the party selflessly for many years.

The delegation is wearing their blue blazers with the Oklahoma patch and khaki pants, no tie.

From breakfast, delegates were off again to various functions around the Twin Cities.

Here’s a pic that Tulsa blogger (and former Delegate) Michael Bates took from the front.

A friend of mine sent me a pic of what the Oklahoma roll call looked like on TV.

Sometime around 11 p.m., National Committeeman Lynn Windel and Senator Jim Inhofe cast Oklahoma’s votes.  They were expected to be 39 for John McCain and 2 for Ron Paul, but ended up being 41 for McCain (more on that in a minute).   Lynn is retiring this week from his position, and Senator Inhofe is Oklahoma’s senior Senator, and he’s up for re-election.

Mick Cornett was standing next to Senator Inhofe and made sure he said “the home of the Oklahoma City Thunder” during the traditional “brag” portion of the vote casting.

The two votes that were expected for Ron Paul were from delegates that had been allocated to Mike Huckabee, and those folks could now legally vote for whoever they wanted.  (See more explanation of delegates here.)

The first time Senator Inhofe got the floor, he passed, as all states at this point were trying to allow Arizona to put McCain over the top.  The second time he got the floor, after McCain had been nominated (noted with “green” confetti on the big screen), Senator Inhofe was mistakenly cut off by the chairwoman, who announced all 41 votes for McCain.   My understanding is that that’s the way it stayed.

Here’s the view from behind Senator Inhofe and company.

As per tradition, the delegation took a group photo this afternoon, about two blocks from the Xcel Center, in the Lowry building.  

We started taking the photo at 4:50 p.m., and by the time we were done, Oklahoma City’s NBA team was officially the Thunder.

Here’s the view from the back row.

This morning, the Oklahoma and Louisiana delegations got together at the Louisiana hotel, the Crowne Plaza in Minneapolis, to hear from former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts, Jr.

The Oklahoma delegation bus went to the wrong Crowne Plaza first, but still arrived on time.

Before the start of the program, the Oklahomans stood up and serenaded the Louisianans with “Oklahoma!”  If Louisiana has a state song, they didn’t grace us with it.

J.C., for whom I interned during college, remarked at how many old friends were in the room.  He delivered a rousing sermon, touching on various topics.   He caused a standing ovation when he implied that the media’s outrageous attacks on Sarah Palin were motivated by their frustration at the brilliance of the pick.  He quoted their internal thoughts as: “You dirty Republicans – you appointed a real person!”

The “breakfast” lasted until 11:15.

The delegation is wearing their blue blazers with the Oklahoma patch and khaki pants again today, though some were dressed casual for the breakfast.  We’ll add a red tie to that ensemble tonight, as the delegation photo will be taken at 4:50 p.m.

Many of the delegates are headed to various events today, and some to the Mall of America.

Bob Sullivan is an at-large Delegate.

Bob lives in Tulsa, and is most well-known for having sought the Republican nomination for governor in 2006.  Previous to that, he served as Secretary of Energy under Governor Keating.  He also led the effort in 2006 to have an initiative appear on the ballot that would require at least 65 percent of education funding to be spent in the classroom.

In his real life, and he’ll tell you he’s no politician, he runs a family-owned energy exploration company, Sullivan & Company.  His wife is Jeanne, and they have six children.

The repercussions of Monday’s cancellation are continuing to be felt.  Mayor Cornett became the third Oklahoman to lose his Convention speaking slot today, joining previous cancellations for Congressman Cole and Senator Coburn. 

This has evolved into kind of a bummer of a week for the Oklahoman delegation, after the pre-Convention hype of getting to see four Oklahomans on the dais.  Only one is now left – Mary Fallin.  I assume at this point we won’t know her status until tomorrow morning.

The disappoinment is greatest for Oklahoma City, because Mayor Cornett was going to have the opportunity to brag on us a little bit, and the accomplishment of being the only sitting Mayor on the agenda was historic for OKC.  But, it is what it  is. 

Here is the view from the Oklahoma delegation’s floor seats during Joe Lieberman’s speech.

Brenda Jones is an at-large Delegate. 

She lives in Oklahoma City, but grew up in Moore.  During college at OU, she got an internship at the Republican National Committee that she turned into eight years in the Reagan Administration and four years in the George H.W. Bush Administration. 

Under Reagan, she worked in Presidential Personnel, and then at the State Department, and then finally in Switzerland.  Under Bush, she returned to State. 

When Clinton won in 1992, she came back home, serving stints with Feed the Children and Ackerman McQueen before she started Brenda Jones Public Relations, Inc., in 2001.