“I’m with two adornments of the Florida delegation,” says Edwin Newman, putting his microphone before two smartly dressed suburban women. “Mrs. Heatter, you’re not particularly happy with the way the convention has gone, I think.” “No, I’m a McCarthy delegate, and this is my first time at a convention, and I had the dreams from high school democracy class, that everybody voted their conscience, and everyone voted for their constituents, because they were elected delegates. And that’s not how it goes. I hear people say, ‘What am I supposed to vote here?’ not, ‘What is the issue?’” “Who are
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