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Paul Begala: “It looks like Barack Obama will beat Hillary Clinton by a larger margin than John McCain beats Mike Huckabee.”

On the recordFebruary 18, 2008
It looks like Barack Obama will beat Hillary Clinton by a larger margin than John McCain beats Mike Huckabee.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala discusses the significance of the margins by which Obama and McCain are winning their respective contests.

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