On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, and of Barack Obama's
announcement of his running mate, Salon asked three noted panelists
what makes for a successful convention, how Democrats can avoid the
pitfalls of John Kerry's convention, and what to do about those pesky
Hillary Clinton supporters.
Michael Cohen: ...I was thinking about how Ronald Reagan's
'80 convention speech was a great speech, but actually, there was also
a great convention, where basically all four days played up the notion
that Reagan was a different kind of… more