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Monday, November 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Two speeches by Barack Obama, eight months apart

The full texts of two speeches given in Columbus, Ohio, one at the end of February 2008 and the other on Sunday.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008 03:04 AM

Nice retrospective of sorts

Not only has Obama matured in the past 8 months, but he's obviously got a much more succinct, cohesive team writing his speeches. Writing this as America goes to the polls, I can only hope that his maturity will see him win with humility and grace. We need a president who's a true people's champion - not a snakeoil salesman like we've had for the past 8 years and not some self-styled 'maverick' who looks not ready to lead the people, but desperate to win a big race at all costs.

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