It's not just "politics" that marred it, as though it happened, and no one is to blame. Notice that it was the Democrats who brought politics into it.
From the New York Times on Hillary's performance
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Like her husband, Hillary Rodham Clinton can work a room, remembering names and personal details, and dazzling acquaintances along the way. And like Bill Clinton, she can master arcane details of public policy, wowing experts in several fields. But as a public speaker, Hillary Rodham Clinton is no Bill Clinton, and that became all too apparent at Coretta Scott King's funeral...
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