Published 8/21/2008
by Mark Murray
at First Read
Apparently, the Clinton campaign is dispatching a whip team to try and quell protests of Obama from their most supportive delegates. But isn't it possible that the presence of the whip team could actually inadvertently encourage hijinks? "Police have dropped plans to top the holding cells in place for use during next week's Democratic convention with razor wire after some groups started comparing the site to the detention facility for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." The...( read more )
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