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More On Obama From Slate

How Barack Obama's message found its mark. (Slate Magazine) -The big question of Barack Obama's campaign has always been whether his high-flying rhetoric could ever produce real results. Sure, he could create crowds visible from space, but during the summer - when his polls flattened and his backers got nervous - political elites wondered whether he had peaked. He was the girl you dated, not the girl you married, plenty of political analysts told me. [more ...] By John Dickerson.

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GMTA

The events of last evening called the same JFK quote to Dr. Lessig's mind. We blogged it only moments apart.
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Salon On Obama Victory

Barack Obama's breakthrough victory. (Salon) - The Illinois senator with magnetic appeal still faces a formidable foe in Hillary Clinton. But his decisive win in Iowa propels him toward the Democratic nomination.

How Barack Obama swept to victory in Iowa. (Salon) - In three different Des Moines precincts, a vote-by-vote account of how the Obama wave built.

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