Fans Flock to See Allen at Convention (WashingtonPost.com)

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Anita Kumar
WashingtonPost.com
September 3, 2008

ST. PAUL — George Allen, former governor and senator, arrived at the Republican National Convention late Tuesday in time to sit with the Virginia delegation and hear the first night of speakers including former senator Fred Thompson and Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.

Allen, who is serving as a delegate, was mobbed by fans wanting to talk to him or have their photos taken with him.

Allen said convention-goers were more energetic this year than in 2004, when the event took place in New York three years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and with an incumbent nominee.

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