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Barack Obama: “If I was just running the textbook campaign, doing the conventional thing, I probably wasn't going to win, because…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2008
If I was just running the textbook campaign, doing the conventional thing, I probably wasn't going to win, because Senator Clinton was going to be much more capable of doing that than I would be.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama reflects on the challenges of his campaign compared to Hillary Clinton's more conventional approach.

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