Handlers of the Democrat Convention took pains to finesse protests like those that roiled the 1968 Chicago convention, even erecting a concrete pen to hold protestors. The spectacle of agitators gone ballistic, observed Charles Hurt before the convention, could have reminded the public of Barack Obama's involvement with radicals like William Ayers, the Weather Underground terrorist. "Any images," said Hurt, "reminiscent of radicalism will cement for voters the idea that Obama is a risk not worth taking." Obama may very well succeed in convincing most Americans that he espouses their more moderate, traditional mind-set: According to a recent New York...
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