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Article: OBAMA WILL BE MISSED AT FUTURE CITIES CONFERENCE.(THE CAP TIMES)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Conference news)(Column)
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- November 4, 2009
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Byline: John Nichols
President Obama will always be welcome in Madison. But it is unfortunate that the president has scheduled his campaign-style swing here for midweek. Had he delayed for just a couple of days, Obama could have been part of a remarkable dialogue that will take place over the weekend with regard to the future of progressive communities.
Obama was the candidate of the urban archipelago, the network of college towns, medium-sized regional centers, and multiracial and multiethnic cities that never backed George Bush and longed for a president who had both the sense of place and the sense of possibility that cities offer.
As such, ...