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Tuesday, January 1, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama's nouvelle vague

We know he's a "hope monger," but the rest of Obama's unconventional message is elusive.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Tuesday, January 1, 2008 11:48 AM

    Re: Target is Upscale Shopping?

    FinFangFoom-

    Go back and read what Shapiro wrote. You obviously didn't get his comment-that a town of 7500 doesn't have anything BUT Target, which is NOT upscale shopping, so how could they get Obama's reference that a privileged person with a Harvard Law degree would shop at Target? Shapiro's comment is on the mark: that people from this town wouldn't have any other choices with which to compare.

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