Chris Stirewalt: Barack Obama: Bubba, redux

Published May 29, 2008 4:00am ET



Just like a young Bill Clinton once did, Barack Obama has wooed Democrats by playing to the center while using his biography to maintain his credibility with the left.

Remember that Clinton, before he alienated the far left by “triangulating” to save his own skin in the White House, was once the hope of liberal America. Politically frustrated baby boomer radicals eager to see their long-ago aims finally achieved once bet heavily on him.

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