Conventions might no longer really choose their party’s nominee, but they will always bring surprises.
The quadrennial affairs are more scripted with each passing cycle, but some things cannot be controlled even by the most disciplined party apparatchiks.
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Gone are the days of smoke-filled rooms or platform debates in which the fate of the republic hangs in the balance.
The hordes of reporters who flood these gatherings hate feeling like spoon-fed stenographers. Insiders don’t expect consequential fights in the rules, platform or credential committees in Tampa. So anything remotely off-message automatically gets oodles of coverage. The result is that small moments become big to-dos.
Here are a few examples of some of the totally predictable yet spontaneous moments we could see in Tampa:
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