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Thursday, August 7, 2008 12:00 AM

I'm so bored with O-B-A-M-A

It's not always a good thing to dominate the news cycle. Is "Obama Fatigue" for real, and is it a danger to the candidate?
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Saturday, August 9, 2008 03:58 AM

    Timing is Everything

    Obama's vacation was perfectly timed. I'm sure he's bored with himself by now.

    By the time post-Olympic doldrums appear, the Convention looms into view -- a positively Shakespearean scenario guaranteed to offer up a few political jaw-droppers along the way. And then there is THE SPEECH.

    I think Obama knows exactly what he's doing and Obama "fatigue" will be proven to be a temporary -- and perhaps necessary -- malady. Even if it's just for 10 days, the words of Joni Mitchell spring to mind: "You don't know what you've got till it's gone."

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