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Tuesday, January 8, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama's double magic

By allowing voters to both vent their anger and overcome it, while embodying the transcendence of America's racial wound, Barack Obama offers not just hope, but alchemy.

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  • Monday, January 7, 2008 08:07 PM

    GOOD LORD

    That headline and graphic were hard to take.

    Peggy Noonan never waxed so loonily over Reagan.

    Sheesh.

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