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His opponents seem to be putting up a defensive effort that's reminiscent of recent New York Knicks squads. The fact that they're all Obama campaign volunteers may play a role in this."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Politics","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/","slug":"politics"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:729","displayName":"Matthew Yglesias","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/matthew-yglesias/","biography":{"default":"Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"matthew-yglesias"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/04/obama-3-3/44545/","title":"Obama 3-3","seoTitle":"Obama 3-3","dateModified":"2010-05-03T20:03:20Z","datePublished":"2008-04-28T20:26:14Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Politics","__typename":"Channel","slug":"politics"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Obama 3-3","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/44545/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/04/obama-3-3/44545/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"politics","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["York Knicks squads","Obama campaign volunteers","Barack Obama","defensive effort"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"obama-3-3","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_customtopics","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_politics","gs_politics_american","shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist","gs_sport","gs_sport_basketball","gs_politics_civicaffairs"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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