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Obama: the Accidental Candidate

Dem rose with dizzying speed on a cascade of lucky breaks

By Heather McPherson,  Newser User

Posted Aug 12, 2007 7:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama’s rapid ascent to top-tier presidential candidate was the stuff of lucky break after lucky break, as quiet charisma and other people’s sex scandals catapulted him to the top, the Washington Post reports. It was a chance opening that first took him...   Read full story »

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