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Tony Perkins: “Barack Obama, to his credit, sees an opening, and he's taking it. And I think he's making some ground.”

On the recordJune 30, 2008
Barack Obama, to his credit, sees an opening, and he's taking it. And I think he's making some ground.
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Tony Perkins

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Perkins comments on Obama's strategy to appeal to evangelicals and his potential success in doing so.

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