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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public

His speech underscored both the promise and the risk of his campaign strategy.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, March 18, 2008 05:17 PM

    "Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public"

    Is his faith justified? I for one am very glad that he's willing to test it. Because as long as everyone keeps pandering, there'll be no way of knowing whether the pandering is politically necessary, or just politically expedient.

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