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newsweek.com - 8/27/2008
Review: Hillary Gave Best Speech She Could | Newsweek Politics: Conventions
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In a speech to some die-hards last month, Hillary Clinton justified a big convention role for herself as a means to achieving " catharsis ." This was, strictly speaking, preposterous. It was awfully hard to imagine her doing anything at the Pepsi Center that would excite feelings of intense pity and terror, thereby purging the audience of those emotions, which is what catharsis has meant since ...

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David Sirota: Convention Dispatch: Schweitzer Hits the National Stage
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... said Schweitzer "was the surprise hit of the party's national convention" garnering "rave reviews for [the] rousing speech." Newsweek called him the "highlight" of the night. And the Denver Post reported that ...

Brian Schweitzer Comes Out Swinging, Hits a Few and Misses a Few
The Latest on Air America — From most accounts that I’ve heard, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer gave an excellent speech last night. Unfortunately, I was airborne on the way to Denver and was unable to attend. Here is the ...

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