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Barack Obama: “They think they have a real chance of getting, so are they confident? Yes.”

On the recordOctober 1, 2008
They think they have a real chance of getting, so are they confident? Yes.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Candy Crowley reports on the Obama campaign's confidence in winning states that previously went to George Bush.

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