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The Chair
In theory, Eastwood wouldnt make a bad prime-time convention speaker, but theres no evidence that the Romney team did anything other than take an 82-year-old man with no experience delivering nationally televised political speeches at his word that hed be able to handle a few minutes of prime time by himself, no help needed with any preparations. Nor is there any sign that anyone in the campaign asked him why he needed a chair.
Given how precious the 10 p.m.-11 p.m. hour is for modern convention planners, the decision to let Eastwood wing it amounts to strategic malpractice, and Romneys campaign is paying for it today, with news coverage thats focused as much on Eastwood and his chair as it is on the GOP nominees big speech.