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Obama seeks peace between new, traditional backers (AP)

 
AP - President-elect Barack Obama is refereeing a struggle between liberal activists, who want to help their candidate score rapid wins in Washington, and party traditionalists who would turn his powerful grass-roots organization over to the Democratic National Committee. (link)

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