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Tuesday, June 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama declares victory

In his speech Tuesday night, Barack Obama claimed the mantle of presumptive Democratic nominee and began his general election campaign in earnest.
Mike Madden

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  • Tuesday, June 3, 2008 09:21 PM

    Cross-party appeal

    Seems like not being a complete and utter incompetent would have a certain measure of cross-party appeal. Guess it all depends on what appeals to you. If you want public policies that have shown themselves to be utter failures on every level, I guess you can continue to run with that. Doesn't make much sense to me, but to each his own.

    —Abagadro Read Abagadro's other letters

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