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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama's speech on race

Responding to the "divisive turn" the campaign has taken on racial issues, the candidate calls for Americans to "come together and say, 'Not this time.'"

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  • Tuesday, March 18, 2008 09:10 AM

    Truthful, courageous and nuanced

    He said things that are patently true but that no other politician I have ever heard would ever touch with a ten-foot pole. He took stuff that has been pushed into the closet and forced it into the light of day. He lanced a boil.

    I just pray that people are listening.

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