@Sanguine Thanks for reporting. When I went to numerous Texas State Republican Conventions, I could tell who was there for their first time. First time women tended to wear dress up clothes and dress shoes. First time men were likely to have on suits. Those of us having been there more than once, knew the Texas temp. was going to be high, one was going to sweat going from one building to another, walking to hotel, etc., it was going to be HOT, so wear the least amount of clothes you could to try to stay cool. There is a large amount of walking, so walking shoes, sneakers, etc., was the shoe decision if you had been there more than once.
When Ron Paul was running for president in 2012, a number of his "people" managed to get themselves selected as state delegates, and the party did not want them selected as delegates to the national convention, so an effort was made to identify his people - it was super easy - they were all young men and they all wore suits and carried brief cases. None of them were selected to go to the national convention.
