No, but then I remember when conventions meant something (the McGovern convention in 1972 was especially good, running way off schedule, lots of floor fights, with gay rights hitting the agenda finally at 3 am, because it could not be avoided, and thus the time slot, not to mention the Dem convention in 1968, with rioting street people outside, and Mayor Daley goons inside, and folks throwing personal insults at each other). And the Pub convention in 1968 had some suspense, until Mr. Reed delivered the Mississippi delegates to Nixon. Now they indeed are one long campaign commercial. But the stage is still grand, and you get to savor all the political personalities at once, spinning like hell. It's better than watching a football game anyway.
How is digesting political spin better then watching football? Hell, I would rather watch an
entire tennis match then the average political convention. Unless of course it's a brokered one.
