TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — It’s not quite a desert island.
But the hotel where conventioneers from Connecticut are spending the week is on a barrier island.
Doh.
So how are Republicans from our state spending what was supposed to be the first day of the convention?
Scene: Connecticut GOP Chairman Jerry Labriola Jr. doing push-ups in the sand behind the Bilmar Beach Resort in between squalls.
Scene: State House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero, R-141st District, taking advantage of the hotel’s fitness center and then stepping outside for a smoke immediately after.
Scene: Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton hitting up a discount outlet store, Bealls.
Jack Dalrymple, the Republican governor of North Dakota, which is staying at the same hotel, was the guest speaker at a breakfast for the Connecticut GOP.
He was touting his state’s under 3 percent unemployment rate.
Some delegates took the opportunity of down time to go see the anti-Obama movie “2016: Obama’s America” at a nearby theater.