Here are the central talking point coming out of the RNC this morning:

+ We need to refocus on our conservative principles of less government, lower taxes, less regulation, strong national defense, judicial restraint, and fiscal conservatism. We have a very vibrant and strong party and a philosophy that works. We just have to recommit ourselves to better serving the American people.

Compassion? No.

Social conservative issues? No.

That “Duty of Hope” speech by a Texas governor in 1999 looks ever more like an anomaly.

This is the soulless agenda.

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