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dog-and-pony show

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dog-and-po·ny show  (dôgn-pn, dg-)
n. Slang
An elaborate presentation orchestrated to gain approval, as for a policy or product.
[From the razzle-dazzle of trained animal acts at circuses.]


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AS the 2008 presidential dog-and-pony show stockpiles more money than ever, conventional wisdom dictates that those with the largest purse strings -- not a gender reference for the Hillary fans out there -- will make it especially difficult for the financially challenged among them to not be labeled "dead men running.
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