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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 05:21 PM

    bearpaw1

    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.

    I agree with all of this. But it's also necessary to keep in mind how profound the risk is. Because if (assuming Obama is the nominee) he's wrong in these assumptions, then you're looking at President John McCain for the next four years -- with all of the disasters that brings with it.

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