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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama and race in California

With a new ad featuring an image of his white mother and a trip to her home state of Kansas, the Obama campaign is checking more than one racial box.
Joan Walsh

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  • Wednesday, January 30, 2008 01:20 PM

    Background music...

    That was horrible. I was trying to figure out where the music was coming from for half the time. Then I realized it was your video. It sort of reminded me of the crazy music behind Tom Cruise in the Scientology video.

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