-> Are national conventions needed anymore?  Not really.  Parties
-> have chosen their nominees long before their national conventions.
-> No real need for delegates to get together, especially in today's
-> world with online access being available for everyone.  However,
-> the conventions do give folks an excuse to have a party...

Furthermore, don't they hire pianists -- or is it "piano players"?
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