A Tale of Two Cities: The RNC You Saw and the One You Didn't

The Texas Observer | September 24, 2008
There was carefully crafted show inside the Excel Energy Center, and a street-level populist protest in which hundreds were tear-gassed and arrested, including prominent journalists. In the arena, the nomination of Sarah Palin palpably energized the Republican delegates, but events away from the arena were more revealing.

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