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Ross Douthat is a New York Times columnist.

The Audacity of Timing

By Ross Douthat
Nov 4 2008, 2:15 PM ET Comment

Alex Massie has a long, thoughtful post on how the man and the moment (seem to) have met - and a shorter post pointing out how fortunate Obama was to lose in his first try at national office.


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