Representin' RC at the RNC

Nope, that's not Sarah Palin. That's actually our mayor, Don Kurth.

The doctor/mayor was a guest at the Republican National Convention, one of more than 300 Californians who were part of the convention's largest delegation. Kurth described the convention as "kind of a mad house." He stayed in a hotel that was about 15 minutes from Xcel Energy Center but his bus took an hour to get there. L.A. traffic in St. Paul? It turns out, Kurth said, the driver took a circuitous route for security reasons, following a predetermined GPS pattern.

"I didn't even know there were demonstrators until I saw them on TV," Kurth said.

Like almost everyone else at the convention, Kurth, a former New Yorker who once supported Rudy Giuliani, was enamored by Palin's speech.

"She kind of electrified everybody," he said. "People were standing on their seats and screaming."

I get the feeling that Kurth can identify with Palin's experience as a small town mayor. Of course, Wasilla, a city of 9,000+, is roughly the size of Rancho Cucamonga, Etiwanda and Alta Loma high schools' student population.

By the way, Kurth is currently the chair of the state's Health Care Professionals Coalition on the McCain campaign. He speaks at various engagements touting McCain's health care platform and organizes a team of other health care professionals.

Kurth's prediction: McCain will win but it's going to be tight.