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...wandered into the wrong room. Dole invited into the hall the God of the Old Testament, and all around the room the faithful stirred. The culture warriors and evangelicals complained all week that they had won the platform and lost the podium, as a series of pro-choice, big-tent messengers dominated prime time. But as it turned out, the big speech really belonged to the devout. Dole mentioned abortion barely at all, but he placed himself so clearly in the hell-in-a-handcart camp that he had to pull back at the end and declare himself the "most...
Anyone watching the convention on TV could hardly be blamed for thinking the Republican tent was big to the point of popping seams. Inclusion was the word of the week, and black faces were everywhere on camera. In fact, there were relatively few blacks present in an official capacity--just 52 of the 1,990 delegates--in part because the G.O.P. resists any change in its delegate-selection rules. For instance, rules awarding extra delegates to states with Republican governors end up favoring places like New Hampshire, where minorities tend to be a smaller share of the population. Some delegates...
That might be one possible explanation for the explosion in sales of such wilderness products as L.L. Bean's portable "vacation home," a tent that sleeps five and includes a screen porch ($499); or the Coleman Company's "Event Center," a 40 1/2-in. collapsible bar with a 37-qt. storage compartment roomy enough for a case of Chardonnay ($29.99); or for the Starbucks-deprived, G.S.I. Outdoors' Mini-Expresso maker, which weighs in at a featherlight...
...arises from technological advances that have spawned a host of new synthetic fabrics and materials. These innovations are unprecedentedly light and durable, not to mention increasingly resistant to heat and cold. Even better, especially from the seller's standpoint, the rapid improvements can make relatively new equipment seem outmoded. Tents, once made of canvas or nylon, are now composed of fiber glass and aluminum, materials that have shaved a pound and a half from the average tent weight in the past five years. Ranging in price from $200 to $900, today's high-tech tents often feature near-vertical walls...
...across the country, from Alabama to Vermont. The depth and breadth of ideas reflect the wide array of interests that older Republicans cherish. If the future of the party rests in its youth, then the 21st century will bring much of the same diversity of ideology that challenges Big Tent Republicanism...