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Monday, January 14, 2008 12:00 AM

The Clinton-Obama contest gets rougher

Will the battle for the Democratic nomination turn into a debate about race and gender?
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Monday, January 14, 2008 10:07 AM

    MLK vs. LBJ

    Anyone who thinks that the Civil Rights Act could have been signed without MLK's work beforedhand is simply a complete moron (Hillary included). First comes organizing, marching, agitating, and campaigning, then, comes legislation. Gay rights, women's rights, integration all started with THE PEOPLE, not some glorious president who believes his noblesse oblige accomplished it with a stroke of a pen.

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