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Obama seen as unifying black and white voters

In the frozen north that is New Hampshire, an Illinois senator is poised to do what no man has done before -- become the first African-American to emerge from the early presidential selection process as the clear front-runner.

He has done it by crafting a populist message that has tapped into the desire of voters here to end decades of infighting between Democrats and Republicans, and to...

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