Commentary Quote by Don Hewitt

I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this…

— Susan Estrich

[Political] conventions lend themselves to pandering, as few politicians can resist the temptation to tell a national television audience how well they will run…

— Ron Paul

The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings…

— William Greider

Conventions are, by nature, a party. I mean, that's why people become delegates. They come from all over the world to exercise their democratic…

— Rob Lowe

Now, national conventions are largely an excuse for companies and party leaders to throw parties for delegates to attend, to network and have a…

— Bob Barr

I think my favourite thing about doing conventions is the parents taking their kids to see their favourite drag idols, because open-minded, progressive parents…

— Jinkx Monsoon

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it with a…

— Susan Estrich

A convention always involves a level of security. It is always our intent to ensure everyone attending the convention is safe. When it comes…

— Leah D. Daughtry

You don't want to move toward some utopian literary situation where everybody's free of all conventions. That's ridiculous! Conventions are what you need. You…

— Lev Grossman

I really do the conventions now for two reasons.

— Rene Auberjonois

All conventions are very enjoyable. The more variety you do, the better.

— Jeremy Bulloch

A political convention is after all not a meeting of a corporation's board of directors; it is a fiesta, a carnival, a pig-rooting, horse-snorting,…

— Norman Mailer