Does the Democratic convention always come before the Republican convention? If it does, why is this? I believe that whichever party stages its convention last has a huge advantage. Its convention can steal the thunder of the other party's convention and replace it with its own.
And, in this year's case, John McCain was able to choose a female running mate after he saw Obama's choice on the other side. If the Republican convention had come first and McCain would have had to choose his running mate first, Obama could have made his VP choice accordingly.
I still believe that, as much as I've come to dislike Hillary, Obama should have chosen her. I now feel convinced that McCain will win and that we'll have at least "four more years" of disastrous Republican foreign and domestic policy.
I believe that the parties should alternate in who goes first with their convention. In 2012, the Republicans should go first.
The Unfinished Animal
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Here is the next subsection, which is probably more transitional than
substantive, although I always try to at least make such passages amusing.
Perhaps ...
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