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Sunday, February 10, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama wins Maine caucuses

With his victory, Barack Obama has swept this weekend's contests.
Alex Koppelman

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  • Sunday, February 10, 2008 05:01 PM

    I've been feeling like Obama will end up winning

    But I am getting more and more uncomfortable with the idea. He's not running a campaign, he's running a series of pep rallies, Republican style. He is running as a progressive, but his policies are designed to attract disaffected Republicans. I suspect that the idealistic young people who are attracted to his "Unity" campaign are going to be disappointed when they find that "unity" means including a lot of views they disagree with, and that Obama is not just talking about compromise in order to win right leaning votes, he really does want to compromise progressive principles.

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