by Jim Heath | Apr 12, 2016 | Conventions, Democrats, Documentaries
Exactly sixty years ago, at the 1956 Democratic National Convention, the final ballot for vice president was as dramatic as any convention has witnessed. Presidential nominee Adlai E. Stevenson stunned delegates by announcing he was leaving his choice of a running...
by Jim Heath | Apr 12, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Republicans
“Let me be clear: I do not want nor will I accept the nomination for our party.” That’s what Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters at a hastily called press conference late Tuesday. It sure sounded a lot like Civil War general William...
by Jim Heath | Apr 11, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Headlines, Republicans
“Political parties choose their nominees, not the voters.” That’s the bottom line according to Republican National Committeeman Curly Haugland. “The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination,” she added. That...
by Jim Heath | Apr 10, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Republicans
First the 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney said that Donald Trump is unelectable in November. Now former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani says Ted Cruz is unelectable in November. “He can’t win. Ted Cruz is straight fastball down the middle of the plate for...
by Jim Heath | Apr 8, 2016 | Commentary, Conventions, Delegates, Headlines, Republicans
As I first suggested a month ago, Republicans still have time to get out from under the Donald Trump and Ted Cruz train wrecks if they want to avoid huge destruction come fall. Polls show Hillary Clinton beating both of them like a stick. Trump plays terrible with...
by Jim Heath | Apr 6, 2016 | Conventions, Republicans
It was 1860, Chicago, Illinois. One-term former congressman Abraham Lincoln arrived at the Republican National Convention a dark horse for the nomination. In fact, only one person in America at that point – Lincoln himself – thought he could be the...
