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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.
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The protection racket

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Sep 2 2008, 11:00 AM ET Comment

I think many of these "everything is good for McCain" stories essentially boil down to one thing--New Hampshire. A lot of big media were totally convinced that Obama was about to run the table, and they got burnt. With Obama not opening up a 15 point lead (frankly I don't think any Dem nominee would be leading by more, right now) reporters are scared that this will shift the other way. It's insurance coverage, no?


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