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Obama must give America a bold idea of its future
Beyond differences of name, race and speech, Obama and Romney are remarkably similar, blogs Matt Frei. Which is why he needs to give his audience a clear and bold idea of what he has in mind.
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Beyond differences of name, race and speech, Obama and Romney are remarkably similar, blogs Matt Frei. Which is why he needs to give his audience a clear and bold idea of what he has in mind.
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