Senin, 14 November 2016

Déjà Vu: Unconventional Wisdom

Call from Above:<br /> Wendell Willkie<br /> was the dark horse at the 1940 GOP convention, but after supporters roared his name from on high, he won on the sixth ballot.A look into the history of national conventions

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