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Hippo_Tron

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Mon Jul-30-07 02:01 AM
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32. Not entirely the case, he had to defeat two much better funded candidates in the primary

And one of them had the support of the Chicago Machine, which wasn't very fond of Obama. Additionally his general election victory wasn't assured until about the time of the Democratic National Convention. Jack Ryan would've been a strong Republican and he didn't have to drop out until a scandal that happened about mid-summer. Then for the next three or four weeks, the NRSC tried to recruit Mike Ditka, who would've given Obama a run for his money just because of his celebrity status. Once it was clear that Keyes would be the nominee, Obama had it locked up, but it certainly wasn't a walk in the park during the entire race.

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