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The Long, Slow Breakup of Wright-Obama

Why the coolly focused candidate fumbled his toughest test

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted May 1, 2008 10:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama has a very long fuse, the New York Times notes, and so his break-up with his pastor and surrogate father has been playing out in slow motion, since even before the day he launched his presidential campaign. It took Jeremiah Wright's direct assault... Read full story »

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