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Convention Plan Puts Protesters Blocks Away: I'm all for protest, and one of the few things I dislike about Bush is the "management" of dissent crowds at his appearances. It's one of the only legitimate complaints Democrats have against Bush. Now, they no longer have the moral authority to complaint about that, either. At this point in history, Democrats are the weakest they have ever been. They have lost the White House, both Houses of Congress, the majority of Governorships (including the largest states), most state legislatures, and there is a conservative majority on the Supreme Court (or so I'm told.) They really don't need to weaken their position further by alienating their power base--indenty politics backers who know nothing but protest and aging hippies who haven't gotten over the Summer of Love. Have you no shame, Sen. Daschle?