With the primary process well underway and the battle for delegate counts incredibly tight, the Republican National Convention may well be the sight of a monumental showdown for the Republican nomination. Planning for the Convention, to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 1-4, 2008, is already in full swing even though many of the delegates to that convention have not yet been named. Yesterday, the organizers for the Republican National Convention held a video conference to announce that Ustream.tv will be the official provider of live, streaming video from Minneapolis.

The 2008 Convention promises to be an exciting event, and the organizers have done a great deal, using technology, to build a better event. They are placing a heavy emphasis on a “Green Convention”. They are reaching out to bloggers to bring them closer to the action. And with Ustream, more people than ever before will be able to see the Convention from an entirely different perspective than ever before.

All this may well whet your appetite and get you asking the question, “where do I sign up?” In Connecticut, the process for selecting delegates to the Republican National Convention is spelled out in the State Party Bylaws. As a winner-take-all state, the 27 bound delegates will be pledged to vote for the winner of the Connecticut Presidential Preference Primary on the first ballot. The winning Presidential candidate’s campaign committee will recommend a slate of delegates to the State Party Chairman, Chris Healy, for selection. Chairman Healy will then bring the slate to the Republican State Central Committee meeting in March for approval.