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politico.com - 8/27/2008
5 things to watch tonight
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Bill Clinton's address threatens to overshadow Joe Biden on the night usually reserved for celebrating the VP nominee. See also: Politico Lens

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Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  5 Things To Watch Tonight, Bring Your Bullshit Sniffer

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5 Things To Watch Tonight, Bring Your Bullshit Sniffer
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Politico: Be-Wreck Obama wins the Democratic presidential nomination tonight, but it’s a formality on top of a formality. Obama secured the delegates he needed back in June, and those delegates actually cast their votes in hotel banquet rooms earlier today. Their work done, the delegates can sit back and watch the show tonight: an early evening pitch for the Democrats’ Senate hopefuls — sans the seemingly unseemly Al Franken — then Nancy Pelosi’s “Women of the House” ceremony and Harry Reid’s turn at the podium. After that, it’s the ...

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