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Robert L. Borosage: Obama's First Year: It Ain't No Crystal Staircase

Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' Full Article at Huffington Post

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