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Obama Reaches Out to Former Foes

Team of rivals for the twenty-first century.

Calvin Trillin

November 19, 2008

Like Lincoln, he asks foes to help the nation (The word we used to use was co-optation). McCain and Clinton both approached the throne. Now Joe the Plumber’s hanging by his phone.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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