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Melissa Harris-Perry: How Obama Can Capture the Spirit of 2008 in 2012

How can Obama recapture the momentum of 2008? The Nation's Melissa Harris-Perry discusses the president's re-election strategies and how this season's quickly-changing dynamics will shape the race.

MSNBC

June 21, 2011

It will be difficult for Obama and his campaign to steal media attention away from the Michele Bachmanns and Rick Santorums of this election season.

That’s why it’s so important, as The Nation‘s Melissa Harris-Perry explains in this Sound Off segment, that Obama leverage his position as the incumbent candidate—and his track record of positive legislation—rather than simply recycle his 2008 rhetoric and strategy. 

Anna Lekas Miller

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