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Well, push came to shove, and both Senator and President Clinton stepped up and acted with grace and passion in their enthusiastic endorsements of Senator Barack Obama\u2019s bid for the presidency.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>And now for the first time in our American history a major political party has nominated a black man for that highest office\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There are many difficulties ahead of us.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Obama is, like all people, flawed.<\/p>\n<p>And this campaign has already shown itself to be bitter fought, and everything about him will be shown in harsh light and with malign spin\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And, and, and, my goodness, my heart beats faster. I think something powerful is in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Something good\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Something amazing\u2026<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jjXyqcx-mYY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-2255357076852169254?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, push came to shove, and both Senator and President Clinton stepped up and acted with grace and passion in their enthusiastic endorsements of Senator Barack Obama\u2019s bid for the presidency. 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