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Goodbye, after nearly two centuries, to the national party conventions

By Michael Barone
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Goodbye, after nearly two centuries, to the national party conventions

If things had proceeded according to schedule, we’d be checking the polls this week to see if Joe Biden had gotten a bounce from his acceptance speech in Milwaukee. That’s because the Democratic National Convention was originally scheduled for July 13-16.

It has since been postponed, due to COVID-19, until Aug. 17, and it will evidently be transformed into a virtual event.

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