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almost an omen. it turned out to be an omen for jimmy carter. reporter: in 2004, cnn happened to be listening to the audio from the control room during john kerry s big balloon drop. another failure. bursting his bubble on what was supposed to be his big night. the republicans by contrast are good at this stuff. in 2004, for george w. bush he dropped a record 100,000 balloons. four years later, john mccain, double that number. so many balloons, nbc s andrea mitchell seemed to be drowning. they were hoping to avoid the avalanche. so they scaled back. 120,000 balloons or so. it was picture perfect. a toast in red, white, and blue. i m david wright in tampa. thank you, david, for that report. that is, i wonder how much he gets paid. that s what i want to know. balloonologist. oh, man. look, look, happy helper. and more hot air at the convention, right? we re used to that on this

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