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Overconfident.(DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION)(INSIDE POLITICS)(Column)
The Washington Times
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August 29, 2008
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Byline: Greg Pierce, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Overconfident
After securing the nomination in June, [Sen. Barack] Obama's first priority had to be healing the rift between himself and Hillary Clinton, the New Republic's John B. Judis writes at tnr.com.
Candidates who can't put nomination battles behind them well before the convention usually lose. Think of Goldwater in 1964, Gerald Ford in 1976, Jimmy Carter in 1980 and Walter Mondale in 1984. There are only two candidates I can remember who succeeded in overcoming intraparty rifts during the convention ...
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