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Obama: Win First, Change Later
Oakland, Calif.
Robert L. Borosage and Katrina vanden Heuvel put the cart before the horse in "Progressives in the Obama Moment" [Sept. 1/8]. First Obama has to get elected. We must defeat John McCain and his ugly campaign. As we have seen since Richard Nixon, Republicans pursue a strategy of putting the Democrat on the defensive by manipulating fear and prejudice. I take it as a given that millions of Americans will not vote for Obama because he is black. But his biggest challenge is to put his opponent on the defensive and make a McCain presidency the voters' biggest fear. (I know the mere thought of it scares me.)
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