Given the paucity of high profile business speakers at the event thus far, I'm surprised that the RNC didn't milk Thiel for longer. It's also surprising that he

Given the paucity of high profile business speakers at the event thus far, I'm surprised that the RNC didn't milk Thiel for longer. It's also surprising that he talked about replicating the prosperity of SV beyond the Bay Area, when the general sentiment from figureheads more representative of the startup culture (such as pg) note that tolerance and liberalism is a key part of engendering innovation.