[Clinton compares GOP convention to ‘Wizard of Oz’ in address to major labor union]“It’s largely been anger and hate,” Christina Reynolds, Clinton’s deputy communications director, said in an interview. There’s plenty of spin, of course, coming from Clinton aides, but on social media they have seemed downright giddy at developments out of Cleveland, including Wednesday night’s speech from GOP runner-up Sen. Ted Cruz that drew hearty boos. Clinton aides said they have no plans to alter their convention in response to the Republican gathering but promise to offer more civility and unity. With one night still to go — including Donald Trump’s high-stakes acceptance speech — the sometimes chaotic Republican National Convention has particularly pleased one very interested demographic: the Hillary Clinton campaign. On Tuesday, Clinton herself called the first night of the convention “surreal,” and her analysis didn’t even refer to the controversy over the borrowed passage in Melania Trump’s speech.

Source: Washington Post July 21, 2016 21:03 UTC