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But what intrigues me is the title of her book: \u201cThe Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.\u201d Obama has an \u201cAge\u201d! The most Ronald Reagan ever had ascribed to him was an \u201cera\u201d! We have had the Age of the Greeks, the Age of the Romans, the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages. We have gone through the Age of Discovery and the Industrial Age. Modernism and Postmodernism were mere eras. But now we are entering the Age of Obama. It will be a reign that will last a thousand years.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"