This. I'd agree Haley and Scott did a good job selling a brighter America and how it needs a vibrant conservative party without tying themselves too much to Trump (especially Scott) but I wouldn't say the DNC was a failure
Even taking my homer goggles off it was rather boring but avoided going too much into policy and pandering to the radicals with defund the police, abolish ICE, etc and kept an eye on Biden's winning points: good, steady leadership in the face of a pandemic and respect/normalcy at home and abroad. Boring sure but Biden is ahead: boring is fine for him
Haley and Scott were really the only RNC speakers I had a ton of interest in seeing coming in--though I'd say Herschel Walker exceeded my expectations
Maybe I'll tune in for Ernst tomorrow or someone else surprises
The one RNC I went to was 2012 with respected governors, Congressmen, Senators, diplomats, etc like Christie (before he stopped rising), Rubio, Jeb, Ted Cruz, Condollezza Rice, Kelly Ayotte, John Thune, Kasich, Rand Paul, Susana Martinez, Haley, Scott Walker, Brian Sandoval, Tim Scott, Santorum, etc that showcased the party's geographic and racial diversity and the conservative, moderate and libertarian factions that now are smothered by the MAGA populists if they step out of line, and a ticket in Romney-Ryan that I could proudly say represented my values
From that to a convention with 40% of the speaking slots being Trump family members is certainly disappointing--to say the least
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