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All Points: Party conventions

People watch in the stands during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.
People watch in the stands during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. John Locher AP

It’s political party convention time, with Republicans assembling in Cleveland and Democrats preparing to gather in Philadelphia.

Thousands of faithful delegates will attend each of the conventions, argue passionately over platform planks, hear speeches from party leaders and name their nominees for president and vice president, all with lots of television news coverage.

With those nominations a foregone conclusion, having been settled in hard-fought state primaries and caucuses between February and June, do the conventions mean anything? What’s important about them?

Send no more than 150 words with your name, address and telephone number to letters@star-telegram.com. Deadline is Wednesday for publication next Monday.

This story was originally published July 18, 2016 at 4:45 PM with the headline "All Points: Party conventions."

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