BY SUSAN ESTRICH In backgrounding reporters in advance of the Democratic convention, organizers reportedly stressed that the tone in Charlotte would be much more optimistic than that in Tampa: that Democrats are looking “forward,” focusing on the future, even as they trumpet President Obama’s past accomplishments. Good try, my friends. I don’t think the word “optimism” is ever going to be associated with this presidential campaign. Negative, ugly, a total turnoff, a triumph of tactics […]

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