“Morning Joe” Show Served Up fromMiznerPark

BOCA RATON– The nation got its early a.m. shot of “Morning Joe” live from Mizner Park Monday.

The MSNBC news and talk show, “Morning Joe,” was broadcast both days from Racks Downtown Eatery and Tavern.  The co-hosts, former Florida U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, were in town because of the nationally televised presidential debate that night at Lynn University.

Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel and Councilwoman Constance Scott were up early and joined the crowd.  Others in the gallery showed their support for the presidential hopefuls by wearing either pro-Obama or pro-Romney t-shirts. Boca Raton Tribune columnist and professional photographer Mike Gora was capturing the images on disc.

Scarborough and Brzezinski were perhaps the first news celebrities to arrive in Boca Raton– or at least the first to be up and working.  Others arrived throughout the morning at the Lynn University campus, which was cut off from the outside world by barriers and police cars placed at the corner of Yamato   Roadand Military Trail and Spanish River Boulevard and Military Trail.

Roads approaching the campus were lined with campaign posters by the time the sun rose Monday morning.