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Sunday, August 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama's purpose-driven gamble

The Democrat wanted to show he could compete for evangelical votes, too. Will he succeed?
By Mike Madden

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  • Sunday, August 17, 2008 03:51 PM

    @BlueAmberol

    David Axelrod and David Plouffe are partners in a

    firm dedicated to getting African American candidates

    elected. They were behind Deval Patrick in Massachusetts,

    who is not too popular there.

    Seeing as how Obama is a fabricated (like Bush) candidate

    I wonder who chose whom.

    Obama's campaign being a well run machine means no-

    thing. Bush didn't break a sweat and ran a very disciplined

    campaign. All that showed is that he knew how to win,

    not how to govern.

    JosieOrtez/AKA PumaFreak

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