The 51 biggest American political moments of the 21st century
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For Christmas, I’m giving you a listicle.
The scene in Grant Park, Chicago following Obama’s 2008 election win. Getty Images. I hope you’ve had a Merry Christmas and/or happy holidays so far! As Matt Yglesias writes, it’s usually hard to find traction on newsletters this time of year. At the same time, the rest of the industry may overcompensate by hardly publishing any fresh content at all. And I’m sure some of you are waiting out airport delays today, or peeking at your phones while Uncle Stu tells the same story for the fourth time. So I can’t resist the urge to swim upstream by publishing a semi-serious post, with a question…
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