What do you expect from the Republican Convention?

“If they’re smart, they’ll steer clear of social issues. The [U.S. Rep. Todd] Akin flap is hot right now. They [would be] better just to stick to the economy. But Romney will probably say something generic about family values. The convention will be a united show of force. It will be choreographed as such for the media. The Republicans are really good at being a solid bloc.”

“It will be about bashing Obama, rather than focusing on Romney and Ryan. They’ll try to distract people from the differences between those two. So they’ll run down Obama, and spew a lot of venom against the Democrats. If Biden is in town, that will egg them on more. They hate that guy.”

“The Romney campaign has been nothing but hate. I wouldn’t expect anything different at the convention. They’ll try to mobilize people who hate minorities. That’s the only way Romney can get elected. I don’t expect Romney to express any substantive positions: He doesn’t have any.”“The Romney campaign has been nothing but hate. I wouldn’t expect anything different at the convention. They’ll try to mobilize people who hate minorities. That’s the only way Romney can get elected. I don’t expect Romney to express any substantive positions: He doesn’t have any.”

“They’ll come down hard on Obama, judging from their treatment of him in the past. They’ll blame him for all the problems in the country — even things that happened before he became president. I don’t think I’ll feel any sense of patriotism or inspiration from the speeches at the convention. They’ll be appealing to Republicans and I’m not a Republican.”