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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates primary wins at a rally last Tuesday in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Voters outside the managerial class don't always vote for the candidate with the best resume.
The ultimate conventional pick, Democrat John W. Davis.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Today's smoke-filled rooms would not produce moderate or broadly popular nominees.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Can a president can go too far in making fun of himself?
A not-necessarily-anxious man wears a Donald J. Trump mask at the Republican presidential candidate's rally ol Saturday in Rothschild, Wis. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Satisfaction with the economy is high, but it's hardly universal.
Detroit's Wayne County lost more than 60,000 people from 2010 to 2015. It turned a cold shoulder to John Kasich in the Republican presidential primary. (iStock photo)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
The GOP establishment has vanished from population-loss counties.
"Am I the first to the Trump rally?" (Image from 1951's "Ace in the Hole," aka "The Big Carnival")
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
A cynical Billy Wilder movie captures the 2016 campaign.