corner.nationalreview.com - 8/26/2008
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I have a new story up on the home page about Michelle Obama's performance last night here in Denver. And the bottom line is: it was a strikingly, almost stunningly different Michelle Obama from the one I have seen out on the campaign trail:
Near the end of Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention Monday night, I got an e-mail from a friend who had been with me at another ...
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... . Obama was "stunningly different" during her address than she has been on the campaign trail, where she has painted a picture of her country as a "dark and ugly place," writes Byron York at The Corner. McCain's latest attack ad, which references Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) "3 a.m." spot, is smart because it explicitly questions Barack Obama's experience, writes ...
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