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Hillary Clinton should get a bounce out of her convention, I mean a bounce in the polls. I think it's probably conceded that Donald Trump got about a three-point bounce out of his conventions. He's closed the gap that much.
Mark Shields
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Mark Shields
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 25
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