Democratic National Convention **live commentary thread**

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That Democratic voters are inefficiently distributed for winning Congressional seats has more to do with population geography than with how district lines are drawn...

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That was great. The union crew seems much better at projecting enthusiasm than anyone else who has been on stage since Ben Jealous.

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"Luke Feeney" speaks like he's narrating an obnoxious, saccharine ad that some local chamber of commerce payed way too much for.

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This is like watching someone read Borowitz Report headlines on live television. Gag.

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"Get on those phones!" *CSPAN camera cuts to bored-looking teenager texting on smartphone*

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Not a Booker fan, but this is probably the best speech of the night so far.

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Oh Andrew. If only you were a little less corrupt they could be shouting your name in a decade or so.

...and less Italian. Sadly, I don't think the country is ready to put one us paisans in the White House. A lot of you talk about guys like Cuomo like you're in an anthropology class. The truth is, that kind of politician uses certain modes of conflict resolution from all the way back in the old country, from the poverty of the Mezzogiorno, where all higher authority was corrupt.