Republican National Convention **live commentary thread**

[Gass3268]

Interesting point made on MSNBC, he forgot to thank active duty military servicemen like Romney did in 2012.

[Xing]

Interesting point made on MSNBC, he forgot to thank active duty military servicemen like Romney did in 2012.

Is Kerry speaking again at the DNC? He could really drill that point home.

[Gass3268]

Interesting point made on MSNBC, he forgot to thank active duty military servicemen like Romney did in 2012.

Is Kerry speaking again at the DNC? He could really drill that point home.

Obama is not allowing Cabinet Secretaries to speak at the convention (unless nominated as VP). 

[HisGrace]

Interesting point made on MSNBC, he forgot to thank active duty military servicemen like Romney did in 2012.

If he had he would have only thanked the ones that didn't get captured.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

It's been an hour and 10 minutes so far. When's the last time an acceptance speech was this long?

Have you ever heard of William Henry Harrison?

unfortunately, the q.l.a. is an indoor arena, and the weather was too good anyway

[jaichind]

It's been an hour and 10 minutes so far. When's the last time an acceptance speech was this long?

Have you ever heard of William Henry Harrison?

Yes, but that was the Inaugural Address and not the nomination acceptance speech. 

[Mr. Morden]

Here's some additional footage from Cruz's speech that's quite shocking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLkbx5U7EVU