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September 20, 2012
The Luckiest Politician Ever?
Matt Latimer: "Napoleon Bonaparte reportedly said that he'd rather have a lucky general than a good one. That's how Democrats are feeling these days about their president. Somewhere Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush are cursing the fates. What's a guy got to do these days to lose an election?""It's amazing when you consider it. For the last three years millions have been spent on campaign commercials, countless thousands have been devoted to campaign consultants and pollsters, many hundreds of people have been gathered in focus groups across the country to tell candidates what to say, and think, and even how to dress. And yet this election may simply come down to pure dumb luck. Historians one day may be asked to contemplate whether, in fact, Barack Obama is the luckiest person in American political history."
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