Article: The Undertow That Is Holding Obama Back.(Barack Obama)

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August 18, 2008
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Byline: Kenneth T. Walsh

Most Americans don't have the time or the desire to study everything about the presidential candidates, from their stands on the issues to their voting records in the Senate. So voters still have, at most, a sketchy idea about the ideologies of John McCain and Barack Obama. What does resonate, however, is the personal side of these two men, based on the myriad impressions gleaned from TV images, media interviews, and even rumors that have bubbled up or sunk in over many months of campaigning. A photo of Obama not saluting the flag may matter more than all his policy statements on Iraq. A brief story about McCain's latest test for skin ...

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