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Political conventions are just as fun on TV

August 26, 2008 By ELAINE C. KAMARCK Elaine C. Kamarck is on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She worked for the Clinton-Gore administration.

I attended my first Democratic Convention in 1980 in New York City, and I went to every single other one for the next 24 years. Thanks to Newsday, I even attended two Republican conventions. And then, as I was about to depart for my 10th convention this weekend, something inside me said, "Don't go!"

It was my appendix.

So, here I am, sitting at home on the sofa wearing my daughter-in-law's...

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