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How the Obama presidency slipped from poetry to prose

Obama family at the election rally 4 November 2008

Close your eyes and think a year back. Oprah and Jesse Jackson welling up in Chicago's Grant Park. The red swoosh across Michelle Obama's dress like the trace of an electoral meteorite that had come to shatter the status quo of American politics. Full Article at BBC News

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 28:   President Barack Obama (4-R) watches a basketball game with his mother in law Marian Robinson (3-R), First Lady Michelle Obama (2-R) and daughter Sasha Obama (R) at George Washington University November 28, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  2. President Barack Obama, from left, watches a college basketball game between George Washington University and Oregon State with mother-in-law Marian Robinson, first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 27: First Lady Michelle Obama, with daughters Sasha (2nd L)and Malia, gives a thumbs up after welcoming the official White House Christmas Tree at the North Portico of the White House on November 27, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  4. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 25:  (L-R) Malia Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, U.S. President Barack Obama and Marion Robinson hand out food at Martha's Table November 25, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  5. WASHINGTON -  NOVEMBER 24:  White House staff wait to serve a desert during a preview of tonight's State Dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House November 24, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  6. US Senator John McCain speaks to members of the press at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 21, 2009.
  7. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17:  A poster for the new book by Sarah Palin is displayed in the window of a book store on November 17, 2009 in New York, New York.
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