Live from St. Paul, It's Convention Analysis

Students at West Virginia Wesleyan College who wanted a ringside seat at the party conventions, needed only to turn on the campus radio station every afternoon at 5.

That's when Robert Rupp, a professor of political history, did his daily political analysis, live from the convention floor. The half-hour show was an outgrowth of his course on campaigns and elections.

One day last week, Mr. Rupp sat high above the floor of the Xcel Energy Center, watching workers run through

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