1.0 link 122809 <![CDATA[Keepin' It (A Little Bit) Real]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernstein/keepin-it-a-little-bit-re_b_122809.html So this friend of mine told me she really liked the Democratic National Convention. "Why?" I asked. "Because it wasn't 100% phony," she said.

I agree. The event was, of course, highly scripted. You can bet every speech was closely vetted. The only truly spontaneous words from that stage were spoken by Obama's (unbelievably cute) kids, when their mom, in what had to be the riskiest call of the week, handed them a live mike to chat with dad in another...

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