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Democrats Plan McCain Birthday Bashes in Battlegrounds

Ben Smith's Blog found this 8/28/2008 on blogs.wsj.com

Elizabeth Holmes reports from Sedona on the presidential race. Lost in the frenzy of Barack Obama ’s speech and John McCain ’s vice presidential pick is another big milestone: the Republican presidential candidate’s 72nd birthday Friday. The McCain campaign is hoping to bury the news in the announcement of his running mate — but the Democrats have a different way of marking the big day, Washington Wire has learned. They plan to celebrate with the septuagenarian all weekend, ...