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Keynote candidates and no-shows: Who we talk about when we talk about political conventions

Political Theater

English - August 26, 2020 21:31 - 25 minutes - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
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One of the few things that is not different about this year’s political conventions is that the parties are providing valuable national airtime to candidates for Congress whom they want to see succeed. Who shows up, and who doesn’t, provide context for those House and Senate races, even if some of that context is, quite frankly, mystifying.
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One of the few things that is not different about this year’s political conventions is that the parties are providing valuable national airtime to candidates for Congress whom they want to see succeed. Who shows up, and who doesn’t, provide context for those House and Senate races, even if some of that context is, quite frankly, mystifying.

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