It feels like the delegates and attendees have started to get cranky.

Like I was sitting next to a delegate who was just like, I've been on my feet all day,

my hotel is so far away, I can't leave.

So she was just trying to rest on like a little ledge next to a stairwell,

which is also where I was resting.

Did you fight for it?

No, we shared it very nicely.

She was like trying to give me more space and I was like no no no no this is your

ledge and she was like once a mom always a mom and I was like yeah exactly like I'm not

trying to kick you off a ledge, mom? Hello and welcome to this late night reaction edition of the 538 Politics

podcast for night three of the Republican National Convention.

The theme of the night was Make America Strong again,

and it focused, as you can imagine,

on national security and foreign policy.

And joining me as we approach midnight Central Time and are well into tomorrow on the

East Coast where these folks are joining me from, Senior Elections Analysts Nathaniel Rakech,

welcome to the podcast.

Hey Galen.

Alts here with us is survey editor at the New York Times.

Ruth Igelnick, welcome back to the podcast.

Thanks for having me.

I'm here and I'm awake.

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