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Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:00 AM

A new democratic spirit

The proportion of young people and first-time voters has surged. Much of that surge has benefited Obama -- but all of it has benefited the rest of us.

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  • Thursday, January 10, 2008 05:33 PM

    thank george bush for the high voter turnout

    because so many are looking forward to turning HIM and his party out of the white house.

    in this particular case, he truly is a "uniter" - he has united the country and the world against his corrupt regime.

    January 2009 can't come soon enough - as long as we don't get stuck with Rudy Giuliani . . .

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