The sun is shining in Tampa, this convention thing is finally on, and you can see the resolve in the Republican leadership to reset the discussion, forget the rules rebellion, the Ron Paul revolution, the Akin achin' and people's persistent obsession with the party platform, that inconvenient "what we believe" document that Mitt Romney and party pragmatists are treating like an unwanted guest. (As McClatchy's David Lightman reported yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner asked reporters, "Have you ever met anybody who's read the party platform? I haven't met anybody.")
Here are five key things you'll want to evaluate as RNC Day 1 unfolds
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