Inside the GOP Mind

Inside the GOP Mind and lose, elections

Put yourself for a moment in the shoes of a conservative Republican delegate to the Philadelphia convention-don’t get too agitated, it’s just for a moment. You have just emerged from the convention hall, tired after shaking around to a sort of recycled bossa nova and looking for the address of a good chiropractor, when you run into some friends from the Iowa and downstate Illinois delegations. There are no television cameras or journalists around, so they are no longer smiling maniacally; underneath their elephant hats, their faces have resumed normal expressions of wariness and suspicion.

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John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is a senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

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Inside the GOP Mind and lose, elections

Put yourself for a moment in the shoes of a conservative Republican delegate to the Philadelphia convention-don’t get too agitated, it’s just for a moment. You have just emerged from the convention hall, tired after shaking around to a sort of recycled bossa nova and looking for the address of a good chiropractor, when you run into some friends from the Iowa and downstate Illinois delegations. There are no television cameras or journalists around, so they are no longer smiling maniacally; underneath their elephant hats, their faces have resumed normal expressions of wariness and suspicion.