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Did Obama Turn A Corner?

By The Daily Dish

Oct 31 2007, 8:08 AM ET

Maybe I was wrong. Maybe my desire for knock-out punches is misreading the public mood. Maybe people want calm, clarity and decency in a candidate? This Luntz focus group must have Clinton worried. The respondents overwhelmingly backed Obama as the winner. The phrase: "grace under pressure." Yes, he has grace. And boy is his country under pressure. It certainly wouldn't be the first time my first impressions were off-base. You live and learn:



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