Conventions: One party begins; the other has its afterglow
Now we’re at the mid-point of the political-convention season.
That’s when one party starts its event and the other celebrates what it considers a triumph. That’s always the case, Rick Santorum (shown here) said.
“You always come out of the convention thinking it was great,” he said. “You always leave on a high” … especially if you were one of the speakers. “Everyone loves to hear their voice.”
He’s seen that from several sides, as a two-term senator from Pennsylvania, as runner-up (to Mitt Romney) for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 and now as a CNN commentator. At a press session, several CNN people pondered what had happened in the Democratic convention and what’s ahead (Aug. 24-27) for the Republicans. Read more…
