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Clinton Looks More and More Like Scarlett

Sherman had nothing on last-ditch assault she's going to mount

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 7, 2008 12:21 PM CDT

(Newser) – Hillary Clinton has morphed into Scarlett O'Hara, Maureen Dowd writes, while Barack Obama seems to be, weirdly, the idealistic, if naive, self Hillary used to be, before the campaign turned her into a hard-bitten political survivor. “Heaven help the Yankees if they capture you,... Read full story »

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