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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

Marc you buried the lede!

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sep 3 2008, 1:31 PM ET Comment

Here's a little factoid in Ambinder's summary of the Palin business which I somehow missed:

There are senior-level advisers in the campaign who opposed the pick and who are leaking details about the vetting process to undercut the pick. 
I never picked up on the idea that Palin for VP was divisive within the campaign.


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