"We'll take the last question from Wayne Schmidt in Traverse City..... (dead silence)   Wayne?   (dead silence)...  Wayne? (dead silence)...."  People in our audience were turning around looking  for Wayne and he was nowhere to be found.  The guy who had been sitting next to Wayne grabbed a question off the stack to ask the governor.   Then the governor said something like "Wayne, your voice has suddenly changed and gotten lower."  

The governor answered the question and later I saw Wayne walk back in the room and the guy who was seated next to him told him he asked the question on his behalf."

He is the Evelle Snoats of the House that I always thought he is.  Can't even stay on the same page of a scripted 60 minute Nerdtravaganza.  Just sad.

With very little imagination, I can almost hear it coming from the Commerce Committee Chair now... "Oh look, Jase. Them balloons is round .. shiny too. Anything you need me to vote yes on, Jase?"