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</html><description>By lambert strether of Corrente. There's been a sort of contest among the skeptics and hippies for the &#x201C;Who Called Their Shot on Obama First&#x201D; title, which I believe Adolph Reed holds (Village Voice, 1996), with Bruce Dixon (2007) also holding an honored place; both writers knew Obama in Chicago, which helped. However, along with Ken Silverstein from Harpers, left blogger A Tiny Revolution called his shot in 2006 (hat tip, Gaius Publius (hat tip jawbone)), based on Obama's appearance at the first meeting of Bob Rubin's The Hamilton Project, where he was the only Senator to appear. Here's the video:</description><thumbnail_url>http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/delong_chart.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>

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