Democrats appear to be running "two parallel conventions":
One hard-edged pitch to the party's base; and one broad, warm appeal to swing voters. The beginnings of Tuesday's convention were marked by fiery, shouted denunciations of Mitt Romney's wealth and and by relentless warnings about Republican views on women's health and quips like former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's: “If Mitt was Santa Claus, he’d fire the reindeer and outsource the elves." The program swerved when prime time hit and broadcast viewers arrived, however, quickly becoming conciliatory and emotionally warm, closed by Michelle Obama's personal speech.
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