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'Ugly, Divided' Party Will Lose, Dean Warns

Dems keep clashing over fallout from primary battle

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 29, 2008 6:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – Democrats continue to clash over the effects of a long and bitter primary race, the New York Times reports. "If we have an ugly, divided convention, we will lose" the November election, said Howard Dean, who has called on superdelegates to decide by July.... Read full story »

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