Posted on Wednesday night for Thursday.
Strike two. For a country worried and anxious about the future, the second day of the Republican national convention was breath-taking in its failure to produce anything that the nation could use to begin to rethink its future. Instead, Paul Ryan’s speech was an ongoing lament about problems that President Obama’s predecessor caused. The only attempt at authenticity was a prerecorded video about the Bushes – one defeated for re-election and the other someone the country wishes it had never elected. Even a solid Republican had to worry about that kind of a start.