Arash Mohebbi: The same elites who never retire, who keep telling us to hold our nose and keep turning out to vote for their picks.

The reason pundits like the contested convention thing is that it plays to their vanities: what if the smart people made a meritocratic decision about who’s best? This is driven, in part, by being mostly isolated from negative reactions to their opinions over the years.

I can’t imagine asserting with unwavering confidence that I knew who was or wasn’t the best candidate against Trump.

I see— important that the candidate has “the confidence of the party elite.” Not the base.

The same elites who never retire, who keep telling us to hold our nose and keep turning out to vote for their picks.

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