Boston, with its flag-waving and saluting and balloon-blowing was supposed to be a commercial for this new and superior brand of politics. But Americans are expert TV watchers. A lot of them voted with their remotes. Those who did watch weren't impressed. The Democrats' much anticipated post-convention bump turned into a thud. George McGovern got one of those in 1972.
Does that take into account the people that maybe don't want to watch a whole week of delegates GETTING NOTHING DONE!
Sorry, but a convention only interests me if delegates go into a convention having no idea who will represent them when they come out. If you've already pretty much announced your candidate months before, then why bother to spend gobs of money on a convention where the delegates are supposed to meet up and vote on a candidate?
