Four questions in Cleveland | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: First, to be fair to Trump, the GOP has not been inviting ex-Presidents for years because their presidencies both ended on a sour note. Of course, had JEB been the nominee, they would have been in attendance. Of course,the never Trumpers have themselves to blame for not organizing behind him in the first place (or having Mitt run again).
Second, it won't be Buchanan giving the nativist racist speech, it will likely be Trump. Look for Pence to hit the conservative themes that Trump chokes on. Of course, the Trump true believers may be saying all kinds of things. Watch for them to get plenty of air time.
Third, if Pence is looking for a church he is sleeping in on Sunday. Those of us who watch C-SPAN know who he is, someone who runs on right-wing economic policies, which means he knows nothing about economics. Trump found a bigger idiot than himself. As far as his dog whistle conservatism, his function will be to make the 700 Club set comfortable voting for Trump.
Fourth, there are not enough angry white men to win the election - or even to get the convention broadcast gavel-to-gavel live. Of course, FoxNews will broadcast it and will add their own spin. The GOP is trying to Billionaire solution a second time. They are insane, like their candidate. Trying the same thing a second time and expecting a different result is the very definition of insanity. Trump needs all the swing states to win - Hillary needs two at most. The likelihood is that she will get them all and some of the pink states too, like Utah and Georgia.
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