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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/us/politics/democratic-national-convention.html?_r=0

The Democratic National Convention kicks off at Wells Fargo Center on Monday, promising a “United Together” theme even as leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee forced the party's chairwoman to resign. But there has been little unity in the air so far, as Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz faced a chorus of jeers when she addressed a breakfast meeting of Florida delegates.

But the release of about 20,000 leaked emails — which suggested the party had worked to undermine the Sanders campaign and forced Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the party's chairwoman, to announce her resignation on Sunday — is likely to continue fueling resentment among many of Mr. Sanders's delegates at the convention.

Mrs. Clinton's campaign had hoped that the convention would showcase unity in the party after a bruising and divisive nomination contest whose outcome left many young and liberal Democrats less than satisfied. Instead, the emails — which reveal snarky, blunt criticism of Mr. Sanders by top Democratic National Committee officials — could amplify the frustration felt by his delegates about what they consider a rigged process.

There is no way the vast majority of Bernie supports are going to hold their nose and vote Hillary. If the Democrats want a win, not only in the White House but in both chambers of Congress, they had better nominate Bernie.

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