David Remnick mentions how President Barack H. Obama, before announcing his candidacy last year, used biblical tropes to express political tactics. Even more than building a multiracial coalition, it's this use of religious themes to bind fractious interest groups makes the Republican pandering to social conservatives almost offensive.
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Jesse Jackson, Jr., Senator Barack Obama's national co-chair has finally gotten the evening off to a good start after a very poor performance by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
One theme I will look for is the contest between economics versus culture, i.e., whether it's rich versus poor, or the high school grads versus college grads, blue versus white collar.
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