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Do well with it. NO on 8.
Posted by: Ken Houghton | November 04, 2008 at 07:28 PM
Obama will win but pretty damn close to 50% of the popular vote will be for McCain. That sad reality ALSO reflects the "real" America. It also strongly limits the decent things Obama can do.
Posted by: Maynard Handley | November 04, 2008 at 07:36 PM
Obama now has 52% of the vote, that's a Mandate these days. And his coat tails were long. He'll be able to pull some weight around.
The Impeach Obama websites are already up and trying to create their hate.
He better have LOTS of Secret Service around him now.
Posted by: AuntieM | November 05, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Steven Berlin Johnson on this, from July 4, 2003 -
"When some of our politicians make passing references to the "real America," what they're usually saying is that real America is everything that's not in our big cities. But if we're looking for a true site of American exceptionalism, something we've figured out how to do better than any other civilization on earth, today in Prospect Park wouldn't be a bad place to start."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/prospectpark
Posted by: Anna Haynes | November 05, 2008 at 12:43 PM