"it's true, we are aliens. but what are you going to do about it? it's a two-party system."

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Via modrnwrld_blog:

Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe announced that he would not give Nader the credentials required to get past barricades and security personnel to enter FleetCenter because Nader's third-party candidacy could steal votes from the Democratic nominee.

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A number of GOP officials have obtained credentials from McAuliffe, allowing them to gain access to television network booths inside FleetCenter in order to offer running Republican commentary on the Democrats' proceedings. Republican officials are reciprocating at their New York City convention beginning Aug. 31 by giving a number of Democratic officials access in order to provide commentary to TV networks.

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Meanwhile, despite uproar among Democrats over Bush's conduct of the Iraq war, party leaders made it clear yesterday that there's no appetite to put opposition to the war in the Democratic Party platform.