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Monday, February 12, 2007 12:00 AM

How Obama learned to be a natural

Today he drips with charisma and inspires fawning admiration from all quarters. But Obama began his journey as a smug young man with little political future.
By Edward McClelland

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  • Sunday, February 11, 2007 07:03 PM

    Uppity ??!!??

    On the home page tag line instead of "smug young man" you use "uppity". How can you even think of using that word and all the baggage that it carries? Really, shame on you.

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