Obama: 'Is he tough enough?'

Vanity Fair: Senator Barack Obama (with Lincoln and King [in photos]) in his Capitol Hill office. Photograph by Jonas Karlsson.
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Is he tough enough? That’s the question being asked of Barack Obama. To those who have known the candidate since boyhood, it’s not just those “dreams from my father” that make Obama a contender, but also his mother’s daring, his grandmother’s grit, and his own relentless drive.

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