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His (Obama's) roots to basic American culture and values are at best limited. I cannot imagine America electing a president at a time of war who is not at his center fundamentally American in his thinking and values.
Mark Penn, March 2007
Let's hope Mark Penn's advice and these sentiments do John McCain as much good as they did Hillary Clinton!