Democratic Convention: Nomination As Theater

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Channel: The Wall Street Journal · 2008 · News & Politics

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WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look at the peculiar ritual of nomination by acclimation at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on the night delegates cast their ballots for Senator Barack Obama. (Aug. 28) 
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