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The appeal of Obama.(bites: BRIEF NOTES ON NEWS AND VIEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD)(Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign)

The battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's 2008 presidential nomination is much more than a duel between mega-celebrities. It's a war about the past and the future of American politics, and a fight for the soul of the Democratic Party.

Hillary Clinton's campaign is based ultimately upon nostalgia. After eight years of George W. Bush, Bill Clinton's flaws tend to be forgotten while his virtues seem magnified. Hillary Clinton offers the idea of a return to the good old days--when the economy was solid, gas prices were low, the deficit disappeared, and US foreign policy hadn't yet become the subject of global ridicule and hatred. Bill ...

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