Clintons May Be Dominating Much of Democratic Convention AMES, IA (kuni) - The Clintons are overly dominating the Democratic National Convention and threatening party unity, said commentators Steffen Schmidt and Arnie Arnesen, speaking on "Talk@12" from Iowa Public Radio.

"[Hillary Clinton] certainly did it right at the start [of her Tuesday night speech], and did it right at the end, and then she got in some interesting feminist history, and thanking her supporters in between... she did what she had to do, but you still come away with saying there is too much Clinton in this convention," Schmidt said.

"There is an overall quantitative Clinton overload at this convention," he added.

Arnesen said that the Democrats are failing to assemble a strong party message at the convention.

"Everything is about tiptoeing around egos... It's not a conversation about a party, and a message, and about our country's future," Arnesen said.

Rival McCain's ability to create Republican unity remains to be seen at the Republican National Convention and in his choice of running mate, Schmidt said.

This is not the first time Democrats have struggled with divisions in the party, according to Schmidt.

"Democrats have had this problem before. Democrats are a coalition of fairly contentious people," he said. © Copyright 2009, kuni