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Posted by Sini

Being wi-filess among bloggers at the convention has made our ability to post in real time rather complicated, so I suspect our thoughts about the affair will end up dribbling out over time. Very quickly, however, the highlight of yesterday for me was neither Bill Clinton (excellent), nor Jimmy Carter (he had me at "My name is Jimmy Carter"), nor Al Gore (who could have been introduced with more fanfare and respect).

No, the highlight for me was James Carville's veteran's event at noon yesterday at the Sheraton. The featured speakers were Wesley Clark, the members of John Kerry's Navy crew, and Max Cleland. Carville was clearly using this presentation to telegraph a winning strategy for the party in Southern Ohio, West Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, Virginia, Florida and Louisiana. I suspect he is right, too. I don't know whether C-SPAN carried it, but the presentation carried enormous emotional heft. A slew of one minute ads from this event in lower cost media markets in those states could yield tremendous electoral benefit.

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