Richard Nixon and Dwight Eisenhower at the Republican Convention in Chicago in 1952, along with thei wives, Patricia Nixon and Mamie Eisenhower. (Photo from the Bettman Collection/Getty Images)

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Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters says the GOP midterm election “convention” will be a “Trumpapalooza.” It’d be better if everyone called it that.

American political conventions are one of the best examples—among way too many—of American institutional decay.

In the 19th century and much of the 20th century, the quadrennial party conventions were indispensable pieces of political technology.

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Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters says the GOP midterm election “convention” will be a “Trumpapalooza.” It’d be better if everyone called it that.

American political conventions are one of the best examples—among way too many—of American institutional decay.

In the 19th century and much of the 20th century, the quadrennial party conventions were indispensable pieces of political technology.

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