Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Trump's Surreality Show

All political conventions are a little weird. But not like this.

July 22, 2016 at 12:28 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

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The Republican gathering in Cleveland this week was like no presidential nominating convention in history. It was more than strange.

With some rare exceptions -- the Democrats in 1968 and 1980, the Republicans in 1964 -- conventions are a rallying venue for political parties and their nominees.