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Published 10/1/2008 by Anne E. Kornblut and Michael D. Shear at Wash Post Elections

After watching the spectacular defeat of a $700 billion financial rescue plan in the House on Monday, Sen. Barack Obama yesterday accelerated his effort to sell the proposal, seeking to fill what his advisers believe has been a failure by the White House to adequately explain the plan. (link)

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