RNC Day 2

Highlights from last n ight. Tonight we wrap at http://www.thenation.com/blog/169608/steve-brodner-live-rnc-art-blog Paul Ryan, tongue puppet, by Koch Industries. Available at RNC concession stands.   Paul Ryan’s Growth Agenda.   Ryan’s Honest-T   Gov. Susana Martinez (NM) slightly delayed tonight. Jan Brewer had to check her papers.       Condi Rice, accompanied tonight by an escort of … Read more

RNC Live Blog from Last Night

Last night blogging from 7-11 pm on http://www.thenation.com/blogs/steve-brodner Back at it again tonight @7   The American virtue of being an a**hole. And away we go! The delightful Ann Romney, here to humanize Mitt. How can she miss? Nikki Haley. Anti-union, anti-black innuendo all in one speech! Nikki Haley, former Sikh, now fiercely anti-immigrant. Also loves … Read more

Tuesday Afternoon

TONIGHT @ 7 http://www.thenation.com/blogs/steve-brodner Tonight, the first actual night of the Republican Convention, we see the big stage set, which was designed with Romney’s input, replicating his idea of a warm and comfortable living room. It has thirteen TV screens. That sort of figures. What’s most important here is the new post-–Citizens United politics in America. … Read more

COMING SOON to TheNation.com

It’s hard to forget the political conventions I’ve covered. But sometimes, I feel, it would be a good idea. Today, conventions seem, on the surface at least, about less and less. They mostly exist as a fancy feast for fat cats and the creatures of the media industrial complex. They try to hold the country’s … Read more