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Article: Dark Horses and Smoke-Filled Rooms.(Brief Article)
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- New York Times Upfront
- Article date:
- May 8, 2000
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The 1920 Republican convention was many things, but it wasn't dull
If this summer's made-for-TV Bush and Gore coronations give you an itchy channel-surfing finger, imagine a convention with actual suspense. That's how they used to be. Old-time conventions were more exciting than those of today, whose nominees have already been chosen in the primaries. But were they better?
When the Republicans gathered in Chicago's Coliseum on June 8, 1920, no one knew whom the party would pick to run for President. Five days and 10 ballots later, delegates had nominated an Ohio Senator and former newspaper editor named Warren G. Harding. And a new phrase had entered ...