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“In the Democratic primary in 2008, the Obama team devised a strategy to use the caucuses and a complicated system of awarding delegates in the state primaries to sneak up on Hillary Clinton and establish a lead Obama never surrendered.”

Quote by John Podhoretz

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John Podhoretz, born on April 18, 1961, is an American writer whose works span political commentary, cultural criticism, and novel writing. more

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