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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:00 AM

How Obama won Wisconsin

The Illinois senator did well with campus liberals, white men, crossover Republicans and independents, but he made inroads into Clinton's working-class base too.
By Edward McClelland

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  • Wednesday, February 20, 2008 01:35 PM

    @LeCastor again

    Ronald Reagan, for one, managed to use his landslide victories to get his policies made into political reality. If we have a candidate with crossover appeal-- and Obama has far more than Clinton-- we have a chance to get something done. It really is that simple.

    And while I'm here-- if you want a case where Obama's more progressive than Clinton here's one: He supports full repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, and Clinton does not. That's a big one to me.

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