I think the Obama camp has been leaking fake disunity stories for suspense value

[Hippo_Tron]

They of course knew all along that Bill and Hillary would deliver the goods. And we all know that the party was far less divided than the media was reporting. But in the end, it makes for better television if there is suspense about whether the party will be united and then Bill and Hillary come out and suddenly make it happen.

[eShirl]

1. I think you may be right

[MichiganVote]

2. I think you're nuts

[princehal]

3. If they are that smart

We may win this election!

[donco6]

4. No chance. n/t

[wanpete]

5. had the exact same thought last night....they are just smart enough to do this

makes the Dem convention so much more exciting. why on earth will people want to watch the rnc next week...plus, looks as if a major hurricane is coming this way. pray for all in the gulf coast area, especially NOLA, gulfport, and biloxi which appear to be in the bullseye right now.

[applegrove]

6. It certainly made for some drama. Could be they just didn't make up

until the convention because they didn't have to and it worked out well for both the clintons and the obamas.

[cliffordu]

7. Cynic, much?

[IsItJustMe]

8. I think you are more of cynic than me, and that is hard to believe.

[Hippo_Tron]

11. Is it bad that I don't think of it as cynical but brilliant?

The mainstream media, as far as I'm concerned, is useless in terms of actual journalism. So Democrats might as well learn to manipulate them at least as well as the Republicans do, if not better.

[IsItJustMe]

12. Point well taken. Fighting fire with fire.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. My 2 cents is no, suspsense aside the meme is too damaging.

[democrat2thecore]

10. Republican dirty tricks at convention has gone thud. I agree with you. -nt

[Duppers]

13. sniff, sniff

even with your 1000+ posts, you smell like a ...