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Making the Message: The Fight for the Presidency

88 minutes, produced by Discovery Channel Productions in 2006

This is an unprecedented behind-the-scenes account of the 2004 Republican and Democratic national conventions. It examines how candidates build their platforms and generate momentum.

Interviewees include the convention chairmen, campaign strategists, members ofspecial interest groups, and New York Times staffers such as columnists Maureen Dowd and David Brooks, chief political correspondent Adam Nagourney, political reporter Jim Rutenberg, and chief correspondent R. W. Apple, Jr.

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