Speakers at GOP convention. Why no Bush, Palin, Cheyney, Bachmann

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Originally Posted by Mr. Mon

The Ryan pick reenergized the base, so the speakers list is to show the rest of the country the less ideological side of the Republican Party, and to pretend that 2000-2009 ever occurred. I doubt we'll even hear any references to 9-11, or terrorism, but you'll hear "Obama's economy" and "Job creators" ad nauseam.

It's possible that was the intent, but I think it's just as likely that the speaker lineup was intended to give a boost to some potential rising party favorites as a way to introduce them to the public at large. I've never head any of them speak at length except for McCain.

From my perspective, only McCain would be the one who would display the less ideological side of the party. But his selection could have been just an effort to give him some fred for his long service in the Republican trenches. He's in the twilight of his career, and wasn't much appreciated by his party after the 2008 election.

If this lineup is an attempt to start the healing and reconciliation between the 2 sides of the deep split in the party, I think it will fail. Both sides seem to be more than willing to fight on with only unconditional surrender as the final outcome.

Thanks, Killa... While I consider myself a centrist, I have tended to lean more to the left than the right for quite a while, but I still vote for members of both parties. The big thing I'm concerned about is the fact that this government of ours always works best when there is a slim majority, a large minority, and a willingness among all to find solutions rather than sticking to ideology and party slogans.

Compromise is not a dirty word. It is always better to get a little less in a law than all of it. Getting too much of the whole hog always leads to gluttony, and both parties these days are gluttons.