Dem Convention As Psychodrama
Washington Independent:
So the Democratic convention has been about catharsis.
We've been told that this was what Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband, former President Bill Clinton and the Clinton delegates were seeking -- what they came to the Mile High City to get. As if the Pepsi Center needed to be fitted out with more than a thousand analysts' couches -- in addition to Arianna Huffington's meditation-and-yoga oasis just outside the hall.
A lot of us have been wondering for years what function political conventions could possibly serve, now that their nominating role has been turned over to The People -- mainly the people who run political advertising firms and robo-email enterprises. So it's been an exciting discovery that psychological process has filled the void. Let's join the crowd and do some analysis.






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First Posted: 08-28-08 02:51 PM | Updated: 09-28-08 05:12 AM