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Last Updated: 11/2/2008

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Why does John McCain get to wait for Barack Obama to choose a running mate before he does? Why do Republicans get to have their publicity-boosting convention after the Democrats? If it seems not fair to Democrats, Bill Clinton and Al Gore got to go last in '96 and '00. And in some days, it was better to go first. But who says when parties can have their convention. Is it law or tradition? It's a difficult history to trace. FDR's Democratic Party and Eisenhower's Republican Party seem to be the main actors here. in this podcast, we take a look at this question... and look at the possiblility of a change.


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