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NOW that Barack Obama has secured the Democratic presidential nomination, I am thinking a lot about Bob Dole. Admittedly, this is one heck of a free association. It seems impossible for the mind's eye to conjure up the image of the stodgy, former Senate Republican leader and consummate Washington insider while watching the young, charismatic outsider, Obama, bring his audiences to an emotional frenzy, as he did Tuesday night when he clinched the nomination.
My thoughts turn to Dole not because he and Obama have much in common, though both served in the U.S. Senate and both have Kansas roots. My mind wanders because one of Dole's most likable qualities was his habit on the campaign trail of closing every speech with, "I ask for your vote."See the full content of this document
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Obama Still Must Reach? Working Class
This was the punch line to a story Dole would tell about a woman he'd known for years who revealed in a casual conversation that she'd not cast her ballot for him in a...
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