by Joe Hanel
Herald Denver Bureau
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Today's mystery guest is ?When Colorado Republican delegates boarded the bus Tuesday morning for their breakfast date with the Idaho delegation, they were told only to expect a special guest.
At the Minneapolis restaurant, delegates looked up from their bacon and eggs and then rushed to the front of the room as first lady Laura Bush strode through the door.
Bush spoke for about five minutes, mostly on the importance of Colorado to GOP candidate John McCain.
"I think John McCain can win Colorado. He's a Westerner," Bush said. "But I do think you're going to have to work very hard. You can't take Colorado for granted."
Wendell Coats of Durango was in the room for the surprise appearance. For Coats, it was just one more experience he could have only at the Republican National Convention - the first national convention of his life.
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