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Obama vs. his staff (Politico)

 
Politico - Just hours after his campaign issued a first statement yesterday ripping the addition of Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket, Barack Obama backed away from that statement—or at least its tone—and said that his own campaign had misrepresented him. (link)

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