Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterA Moment for the Ages, Many Years in the Making
Published 11/10/2008 by Robert G. Kaiser at Wash Post Elections
"Obama Makes History," said the headline in this newspaper on Wednesday, a statement of the obvious, but no less momentous for that. Everybody knows it's true -- nearly everybody has been saying it since Tuesday night. But what does it mean to make history?
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