FLASHPOINT for Apr 21, 2006

Friday, April 21, 2006 | 7:23 a.m.

The Democrats will meet in downtown Las Vegas this weekend to try not to do anything really dumb. That's what these state conventions really are about. Candidates try not to say anything really over the top. Red meat is one thing; meat that goes bad after the convention is another. Oh sure, Rep. Shelley Berkley will say something super-partisan. But so might you if you had a gazillion Democrats in your district. But the rest will be more careful, I'd imagine, although I can't see Dina Titus and Jim Gibson avoid needling each other. And maybe Sen. Harry Reid will say something nasty about the president. Again. And then there's the platform. Nah. They will make that boring if the partisans let them.

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