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Brown, Clinton Suffer Same Fate

For Clinton and Brown, Iraq is the unspoken element

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted May 8, 2008 10:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – In the last few weeks, two giants of center-left politics—Hillary Clinton in America and Gordon Brown in Britain—have seen their electoral chances reduced to near impossibility. Both have struggled as uncharismatic politicians in a media age. But for one columnist in London's Times,... Read full story »

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Brown, Clinton Suffer Same Fate

For Clinton and Brown, Iraq is the unspoken element

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