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Hillary Clinton pulled out of a rally protesting the appearance of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the UN. Why? Because Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be there. According to Clinton's camp, Philippe Reines said: "Clearly there was some miscommunication because this was never billed to us as a partisan political event. Sen. Clinton will therefore not be attending this event."

I would think that something this important could go beyond petty party power plays, but obviously I'm wrong.