What we don't want to see on television

CNN has the bad news: "If Senator Hillary Clinton's name is placed in nomination in Denver this year it wouldn't be the first time a candidate was beaten in the primaries and still formally contested the nomination at the convention. But it would be the first time in the modern era of presidential primaries that a losing candidate has so visibly endorsed an opponent so many months before the convention, and then gone on to have his or her name placed in nomination.... The buzz is that Clinton may have her name formally placed before the convention, complete with nominating speeches, seconding speeches, and all the hoopla they produce. Such a move hasn't happened at either party's convention since 1992, when former California Governor Jerry Brown had his name placed in nomination after losing the race to Bill Clinton in the primaries... Overall, between 1972 and 1992, 10 Democratic candidates who lost the nomination in the primaries went on to have their names formally placed in nomination at the convention. Significantly, however, none of them publicly endorsed their opponent months before the convention, as Clinton did in June."

Rico says maybe that's where they got the idea; didn't do Jerry Brown any good, though, did it...