Best Throw Away Line of the Day

—By Clara Jeffery

| Thu Sep. 4, 2008 7:26 PM PDT

Last line of Patrick Healy's NYT piece:

The Democrats also had a band that played a variety of pop anthems, whereas the Republican hall has been filled with a mix of country music and mellower harmonies. Delegates in both cities have occasionally broken into dancing, and rhythm's challenge has appeared bipartisan.

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