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Friday, August 22, 2008 12:00 AM

GOP: Here's to Hillary's big party!

Nothing would delight Republicans more than for the Clintons to upstage Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:42 PM

    @ Xanthro

    No matter what the Clintons or Clinton delegates do, the post convention story is going to be about them, and not about Obama.

    That's hardly their fault. The media these days thrives upon conflict, scandal, and gossip.

    You are forgetting that Barack Obama chose them to speak on those nights. Are you questioning his judgment? Are you saying he has bad judgment?

    Also, should he choose Hillary as his VP then the press doesn't much succeed at either of those scenarios you posited, does it? They will have to find something else to stir up.

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