[...] As another CJ, Tara Wall, told Daily Variety: "We are a kinder, hipper, gentler Republican party. You will see a lot of color in our wardrobes. I think it takes away from the monotony of having speaker after speaker." What's more, she said, "we will have very compelling stories."
And surprisingly, Wall did produce one compelling look outside the convention echo chamber. At about 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Wall's smiling face popped up on the jumbotron. She was broadcasting live from Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania. After a brief intro she then turned it over the second best speaker of the night, Renee Amoore. A black, female, Republican Zell Miller: "There's not two Americas. There's one America right? Hello!?" And later: "I know you're all thinking and wondering. Who is this black woman up there talking about small businesses, and trying to push the president's agenda? Let me let you in on a little secret; I'm a third generation Republican. I'm a Republican and I have the nerve to be an African American. And guess what? I've been black a long time." She noted that "the president cut taxes. It's important to cut taxes. All right? Hello!" In the best editorial decision of the night by a CJ, Wall let Renee Amoore run a bit long. [...]
| That's what stuck with us in Katherine Mangu-Ward's Weekly Standard article "The RNC's Softball Team"
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