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JON MEACHAM
America the Conservative
How a President Obama might govern a center-right nation
How a President Obama might govern...
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Oct. 27, 2008 issue
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Oct. 27, 2008 issue
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Original Culture Warrior
He proved that the low and high arts could artfully coexist
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Oct. 27, 2008 issue
Editor's Desk
Jon Meacham
At the moment, the evidence suggests that Barack Obama is likely to defeat John McCain for the presidency. But as we point out this week, that enthusiasm should be tempered by what I believe to be a stubborn fact about America: that, as a country, we tend to be center-right rather than center-left.
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