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A little bit of political science snobbery: Political conventions are meaningless media spectacles with no significant impact on campaigns or elections. If you love partisans\u2019 navel gazing or media self-congratulation, then by all means, watch conventions from start to finish. But they only marginally affect parties\u2019 trajectories. Political conventions, whether carefully scripted coronations or contentious free-for-alls, waste media resources, news coverage, and column inches.<\/p>\n

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I find party conventions to be boring and inconsequential to the point of being unworthy of comment. But now that I dabble in punditry, I see that many of you fine folks would like to read my take on the goings-on in Cleveland.<\/p>\n
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