mayor bob buckhorn is with us. mr. mayor, come on out. [ applause ] thank you so much for joining us. the mayor is actually from here. the jaguars, is that right? >> class of 1976. everyone is counting how old i am. 53. soon to be 54. >> you have family here? >> i do. my brother is a photo journalist for cnn. if you see somebody who looks like me with less hair, that's my younger brother. and dad was upi. >> in the heyday. i was telling mike before we got here, i used to remember we only had one car growing up. o we would take my dad to work this the morning and come back and pick him up in the afternoon. i would look up in the national press club and he would be sitting there typing away, i'm sure a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. probably a bottle of whiskey in the drawer, banging away on an old typewriter and loving every minute of it. >> we're all about to invade the city. >> you are, indeed. i can't wait. what do you hope we'll remember about tampa? >> i think for most people coming to tampa, it's an untapped

tampa mayor bob buckhorn talked about the city's preparations for the political conventions. this event runs an hour and 15 minute minutes. >> the republicans will go first. in 48 days is the republican convention. at each event they will be hosting the politico hub. and three events. we have a play book practice every day at both conventions. i am hoping to see some of y'all there. we'll have a lunchtime policy discussion. not so soft drinks, and we'll have a lot to talk about. we look forward to seeing some of you guys there. before the mayors come on stage, we have a pregame with reid epstein, one of politico's rising stars. he's been in both the romney and obama bubbles. he's @reidepstein. he came to us from newsday before that. he's also interned at the wall street journal. and he worked at the hometown of peoria, illinois. thank you so much for coming out. have a seat. the hot seat. you were our first romney reporter in the cycle. just been out with president obama. how are the bubbles? >> you know, mike. the romney organization sort of as a whole doesn't mind hiding wh

mayor bob buckhorn is with us. mr. mayor, come on out. [applause] >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks. >> mayor is actually from here falls church, the jaguars. >> class of '76. everyone is counting how would i am. 35 soon to be 54. >> you have family? >> i brother is a photojournalist on the white house detail for cnn n. if you see somebody who likes like me with less hair. that's him. >> that's my younger brother. >> and dad was upi. >> the hay day. i was telling mike, i used to remember as a kid we had one car growing up. we took him to work and came back and picked him up. we parked on the 14th street and he'd be sitting there typing away a cigarette and a bottle of whiskey as the old time reporter used to be. >> we're all about invade your city. >> you are. i can't wait. >> mother of the bride? >> what do you hope that we'll remember about tampa. >> i think for most people coming to tampa, it's an -- market. some have never been to tampa before. it's a mid sized american city hosting an international event that other other

. -- mayor bob buckhorn is with us. thank you for joining us. the mayor is from falls church high school, the jaguars' them in 1976. that tells you how old i am. >> you have family here? >> my brother as a photojournalist on the white house detail for cnn. if you have somebody who looks like me with less care, that is my byounger brother. >> dad was upi? >> in its heyday. i remembered as a kid that we only had one car growing up so we would take my dad to work in the morning and the company afternoon. we parked and 14th street and i looked at the national press club that he would be sitting there typing away with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and a bottle of whiskey in the drawer. >> we are about to invade your city. >> i can't wait. >> what do you hope we will remember about tampa? >> for most people coming to tampa, it is an untapped market. some of you in this room have never been to temple before so it is a mid-sized american city hosting an international event and other the olympics will be the most watched television this year. tamp