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On the recordApril 29, 2008
I think he handled it extremely well yesterday with the press conference. Because he looked angry, he looked human, and that was good, because he's always such a cool cat, and I think people wanted to see him... emotional, and he was.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Arianna Huffington discusses how Barack Obama managed the situation with Reverend Wright during a press conference.

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