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On the recordJanuary 19, 2010
I think, his story is America's story in the best sort of sense of American populism, where we lift folks up, instead of just sort of reserving power for the moneyed elite.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala reflects on President Obama's background and its relation to American populism.

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