re: #28 thedopefishlives

In fact, a public statement of non-attendance, with a clear and coherent reason explaining why he/she is not attending, would be certain to garner media attention and may even be more beneficial from a public-exposure standpoint than attending the convention and pandering to the base.

I can see that- but it is also not without risks. Look what happened when candidtates chose to show up or not to show up at Bob Jones U.