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Will On Obama

By The Daily Dish

May 8 2008, 12:32 PM ET

Perfect:

Obama's rhetorical cotton candy lacks Reagan's ideological nourishment, but he is Reaganesque in two important senses: People like listening to him, and his manner lulls his adversaries into underestimating his sheer toughness -- the tempered steel beneath the sleek suits.



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