"Three Democratic clans mix uneasily"

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Three Democratic clans mix uneasily
By Patrick Healy Published: August 26, 2008

DENVER: Neither family wanted it this way, neither the Kennedys nor the Clintons. But the opening of the Democratic convention brought a stark contrast: a bittersweet public celebration of the life of Senator Edward Kennedy, who is suffering from brain cancer, and an embittered private drama about the terms on which the Clintons would yield the party to Senator Barack Obama.

Kennedy, who endorsed Obama in January, had hoped to lead a hearty, full-throated night of anointing the next generation. Instead, the tribute to him took on the weight of a farewell to the last of the storied Kennedy brothers, with an intensity that rivaled the excitement around Michelle Obama's speech about the Democrats' next standard-bearer, her husband.

As one political dynasty was celebrating its legacy and ceding the political stage on Monday night, the other dominant family of the Democratic Party was struggling to protect its legacy and accept its own exit from the spotlight. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton had once hoped this convention would be theirs, an exultation of past and future Clinton White Houses. Instead, they were coming face to face with shrunken, supporting roles.

Frustrations abounded most pointedly for Hillary Clinton: At a breakfast with New York Democrats on Monday morning, she was forced to rebut a new television advertisement for Senator John McCain that used her past attacks on Obama against him. And she faced questions about comments from friends that Bill Clinton was still aggrieved from the bruising primary battle and was unhappy with his speaking assignment at the convention.

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[IndyOp]

1. She was "forced to rebut" - forced? She didn't make a decison on her own?

Crap article. Hillary has decided to support Obama because it is in the best interests of the nation and in her own best interest.

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2. Since when did the United States become

a medieval dynasty with all of the soap opera moments between rival families?

Weren't we all, in theory, to have equal shots at being the leaders of this country if that's what we want to be?

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Since the golden rule came into effect. "He who has the gold, rules."